Example sentences of "expecting an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people there were expecting an Israeli attack on Jordan , the aims of which would be to force the Palestinians of the Occupied lands to remain in Jordan , and , in accordance with Israel 's notorious ‘ transfer plan ’ , accommodate the expected arrival in Israel of millions of immigrants from the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're now expecting an official approach at board level from The Oval but the answer will be the same . ’ |
| 3 | If she had been expecting an immediate outcry , she was sadly disappointed , but she was a determined young woman . |
| 4 | ‘ Shearer is only 21 and Blackburn might not be one of the glamour clubs , but they will be expecting an awful lot from him . ’ |
| 5 | THE big boys were expecting an easy day on Sunday . |
| 6 | ‘ It seems to me that Bioplan came here expecting an easy appeal , ’ said Mr Humphreys . |
| 7 | ‘ Even though we are expecting an inflationary increase of 1.9 per cent , our costs have gone up by between 6 per cent and 7 percent . |
| 8 | Profits have dropped by a fifth to £34.8 million in the first half of this year , and he 's not expecting an early recovery . |
| 9 | United 's defence stopped expecting an offside flag but Alexei Mikhailichenko was allowed to continue and put Rangers ahead . |
| 10 | I 'd ‘ a thought he 'd at least have the courtesy to send a pony and trap for me instead of expecting an old lady to walk all the way up to Handley Farm on such a frosty morning . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Were you expecting an important letter ? ’ |
| 12 | ( Perhaps this was where the first shock to people in the field arose 0 as one said , ‘ we were expecting an all-singing Branson man and what we got was , although he could be very charming , a quiet , distinctly unvibrant and very determined person ’ . ) |
| 13 | Many forecasters are expecting an anaemic recovery in the second half . |
| 14 | I asked , expecting an Arabic name with which to impress my friends . |