Example sentences of "be expecting [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you 're expecting dad to spend that as well ? |
| 2 | When you 're expecting jam and it turns out to be marmalade it 's quite a shock . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're expecting results , though , and I have n't done a thing yet . ’ |
| 4 | Erm , but because last July was very heavy , er , you 're expecting Graham that erm w we might well be showing a down turn again next month and that 's what |
| 5 | So , changing tack , ‘ You 're expecting Mr Gajdusek today ? ’ she questioned , and when she saw that she was n't getting through , she pointed to her watch and in pidgin English enquired , ‘ What time Mr Gajdusek come ? ’ and was incredulous at the answer . |
| 6 | You 're expecting people to resent it so you hold back before they can get any ideas about hurting you . ’ |
| 7 | If you 're expecting trouble it 's worth consulting your doctor early as some treatments work best if started in advance . |
| 8 | ‘ We are expecting doctors to review the situation at some stage today . ’ |
| 9 | If you are expecting jokes , they are seldom as good in fact as in prospect . |
| 10 | Her daughter-in-law Victoria , wife of her younger son Rupert Legge , tells me they are expecting Lady Spencer at their home , Hamswell House , near Bath . |
| 11 | ‘ We are expecting things to pick up generally , ’ he says . |
| 12 | Observers are expecting DEC to rename its OSF/1 software soon . |
| 13 | We are expecting exports to rise by 6 per cent . |
| 14 | On the new side of the market , specialist retailers are expecting Reebok 's Hexalite Racer to challenge the leading sellers and Turntec 's Flexlite II , which incorporates the newly-developed ART energy return system to arouse interest . |
| 15 | Observers are expecting multi-processors beyond the current 4-processor models , but whether these will be 88100 or 88110 machines is currently unclear . |
| 16 | ‘ We are expecting 30- plus cars from across the water , including a couple of Aston Martin Ulsters and a Ford TT Special . ’ |
| 17 | Ultrasound scans may be used to give an internal picture , which can help in finding out whether you are expecting twins , whether your baby 's size ties in with your dates , and the position of the placenta in case it is low-lying in late pregnancy — covering the cervix and blocking the baby 's exit ( placenta praevia ) . |
| 18 | However , the French electrical market is forecast to contract by more than 2 per cent this year , after slipping 4 per cent in 1992 , and brokers are expecting Darty 's profits to fall in 1993 . |
| 19 | Since unemployed workers are expecting zero price inflation , they perceive the rise in money wages ( 4 per cent in Fig. 6.4 ) as a rise in real wages and some of them accept job offers which they might otherwise have refused . |
| 20 | I am expecting Crilly and he is late . |
| 21 | Had she been expecting Naylor to be stuck for words or , now that the moment of carrying out the plan he had put to her had arrived , ducking it , then she was disappointed on both counts . |
| 22 | She had been expecting changes and had steeled herself not to resent them . |
| 23 | It was as if I had been expecting visitors . |
| 24 | Frying-pan in hand , she is saying she has nothing for us , she had n't been expecting customers ; at this time of year there are visitors only at weekends . |
| 25 | Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength . |
| 26 | Until then he 'd been expecting Blagg , and he might know exactly what he 'd left . ’ |
| 27 | The Chief had resigned himself to Mahmoud but had not been expecting Owen . |
| 28 | Evidently he had been expecting Hazel to speak first and was somewhat at a loss . |
| 29 | From Jeff 's description , she 'd been expecting horns and cloven hoofs ! |
| 30 | She had been expecting Hubert Molland with the parish magazine , which was why she had answered the door . |