Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] expect the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was expecting the usual French style of service , with an ice-bucket and a carafe of chilled water , and two glasses containing a small amount of Pernod at the bottom . |
| 2 | James Brown when receiving our first album ‘ Box Frenzy ’ — ‘ I was expecting the first Clash album and got the third Sham 69 album ’ — which we thought was a bit of a compliment . |
| 3 | If you were expecting the graceful and chaste fluidity of Swan Lake , you would surely have got the right gunk . |
| 4 | We were expecting the American model to arrive in Europe with pleasurable anticipation , accepting its inevitability . |
| 5 | They were expecting the finer points of drama and theatre management … instead they were introduced to the skills of the big top . |