Example sentences of "expecting [to-vb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that I had left the college dormitory I used to look fearfully from rime to time out of my window , expecting to see that gang of fascist students coming to beat me up . |
| 2 | ‘ What in God 's name made those noises ? ’ blurted Edgar , looking around , as if expecting to see some scene of carnage . |
| 3 | We continued to stare at the corner of the field for some time , expecting to see some movement . |
| 4 | Expecting to see some animals queuing up holding their pricks like bottles in their hands . |
| 5 | But it passed by , the crew too involved with the early flight of their craft and not expecting to find any intruders this close to the runway . |
| 6 | December 1691 , Richard Baxter was expecting to leave this world . |
| 7 | One in four firms expecting to shed more jobs by March |
| 8 | Indeed , Inmos has already shipped 1m Transputers and is expecting to double this number over the next year . |
| 9 | Indeed , Inmos has already shipped 1m Transputers and is expecting to double this number over the next year . |