Example sentences of "[pers pn] was expect [adj] [noun] " 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 company said last October that it was expecting 20,000 subscribers by year-end , but at the start of March it had signed just 8,500 to the service . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Also , it was expected that ability would be more lateralised in men than in women . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Melvyn Kelly , prosecuting , said it was expected that committal proceedings would be able to take place in two weeks . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 " . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Some people were shocked although it was expected some people are devastated . |
| 16 | His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You mean he was expecting another accident ? ’ |