Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] expect [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weekend press comment about the fragility of the recovery meant they were not expecting good news . |
| 2 | It was as if he were always expecting bad news to be relayed to him . |
| 3 | He was not expecting this display of outright defiance . |
| 4 | Earlier this week the management was confidently expecting firm production orders within a matter of days . |
| 5 | It was also expected that government spending would be cut by 10 per cent , that state companies would be privatized and that sales taxes would be increased . |
| 6 | Maude 's telegram from the Queen was also expected this morning at Trees Park Village , near Middleton St George , where she has lived for the last seven years . |
| 7 | The stock-taking announcement , which was initially expected last year , has been put back several times . |
| 8 | She reached down and , for a moment , Pete was half expecting some response ; a stag , perhaps , breaking the surface of the lake and climbing out to her , water streaming from its flanks as it came to her hand . |