Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] expect [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She was expecting another visit from the police . |
2 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |
3 | She was expecting some supper . |
4 | ‘ 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Also , it was expected that ability would be more lateralised in men than in women . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Melvyn Kelly , prosecuting , said it was expected that committal proceedings would be able to take place in two weeks . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 " . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’ |
14 | ‘ You mean he was expecting another accident ? ’ |