Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] expect [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Again I was expecting military style spick and span .
2 She was expecting another visit from the police .
3 You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter .
4 She was expecting some supper .
5 She was expecting bad news !
6 ‘ The 5% increase in house prices which we were expecting this year would have solved most of our problems , including the brunt of the arrears and repossessions , ’ it says .
7 In the meantime , he has given the socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month .
8 In the meantime , he has given the Socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month .
9 It was expected that elimination of the anticipated need to recruit an additional personnel clerk would result in sufficient cost reductions to at least partially cost justify the system .
10 Also , it was expected that ability would be more lateralised in men than in women .
11 The cooperativity between α-truncated polymerases and CRP is lost at the lac promoter , consequently it was expected that binding of CRP at its target in the -60 region would not lead to the occupancy of lac P1 by the mutant enzymes .
12 It was expected that case law would give rise to sufficient precedents to flesh out the relatively few guidelines available under UCTA , but in fact cases have been few and not very helpful .
13 Melvyn Kelly , prosecuting , said it was expected that committal proceedings would be able to take place in two weeks .
14 Although the advantage of real volume planning , an assured outcome , is lost by the new technique , it was expected that cash planning would mean that government expenditure could more easily be related to expected government revenue .
15 It was expected that measurement of surface heat radiation would provide clues to the planet 's chemical composition and the reasons behind the planet 's " greenhouse effect " .
16 It was expected that input data would be transcribed to the magnetic wire by a process which did not involve the computer , and similarly for output .
17 His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’
18 ‘ You mean he was expecting another accident ? ’
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