Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] be expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might lead her to change her expectation of the average level of prices ; after all , if she is rational she must know that unpredictable movements in aggregate demand can occur and that one symptom of them is that the price in her island is higher than she was expecting the average to be . |
| 2 | ‘ The mother has been rather tearful — understandably so , because she 's worried about her husband , and concerned because she 's expecting a baby . |
| 3 | It was worse , far worse this time , because she was expecting the pain , the discomfort , the sharp jabbing of the stones . |
| 4 | She said : ‘ Leo went to answer it because we were expecting a constituency worker with some papers . |
| 5 | Oh , that they knew er something of the Hebrew scriptures because they were expecting the Messiah were n't they ? |
| 6 | I do n't know whether he was expecting the water to burst or what it was . |
| 7 | Just as everyone was expecting a draw , however , Yusupov made a an unexpected sacrifice of a bishop . |
| 8 | For example , if you arrive in my business dressed as a surgeon , a priest or a barrister when I was expecting a banker then we may have initial problems in communicating . |
| 9 | Then she forced a smile , and said , ‘ Of course , Damien : and proffered a cheek , averted as though she was expecting a blow . |