Example sentences of "expecting [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went to the door , opened it and looked down the steps expecting to see the burly figure of the constable emerge and climb the steps to meet him , but to John 's surprise there was nobody at all . |
| 2 | He looked backwards expecting to see the rear gunner running up the fuselage to report that his gun had jammed . |
| 3 | Half expecting to see the hideous little creep , Grimwood , with his partner , Steve , the smartly dressed good-looking man standing there was a surprise . |
| 4 | He looked up , expecting to see the grey skinny man staring down at him from the steps . |
| 5 | Johnson , as he did at Montrose , also employed much silence , and many who had come to one social occasion or another expecting to hear the grand disquisitioner , found him disappointingly reticent and withdrawn , even if making little antic noises to himself . |
| 6 | CROONER Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade . |
| 7 | Shannon allowed the thought to sift through her mind , expecting to feel the usual pain , but there was none . |