Example sentences of "expecting [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sharpe looked down the high street , half expecting to see French Dragoons galloping into the small village , but it was only the Prince of Orange who had abandoned his carriage and taken a horse from one of his escort . |
| 2 | I stared into the mirror , expecting to see huge marks like red flowers blazing on my mouth where I had been kissed , but I looked just the same as I always did . |
| 3 | What one hears said by others does not always match up with our own experience , and we can no longer look round expecting to find clear-cut models of behaviour . |
| 4 | Customers intends to make its disk available to these and any other trader expecting to have significant EC aid in excise duty-suspended goods . |
| 5 | And he goes on : ‘ No one is expecting to make big money — all players would ask is to be treated reasonably in line with what they achieve . ’ |
| 6 | The players are n't expecting to become chart-topping superstars overnight , but their manager … who once had a hit himself … thinks the song will be good for team spirit . |