Example sentences of "[pers pn] was 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 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 .
5 Also , it was expected that ability would be more lateralised in men than in women .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Melvyn Kelly , prosecuting , said it was expected that committal proceedings would be able to take place in two weeks .
9 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 .
10 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 " .
11 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 .
12 His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’
13 ‘ You mean he was expecting another accident ? ’
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