Example sentences of "[pers pn] be expect the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 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 the interviewer remains silent then look at her or him as if you are expecting the next move to come from their side . |
| 4 | It contains an inherent fallacy : you are expecting the silent majority to speak . |
| 5 | If you were expecting the graceful and chaste fluidity of Swan Lake , you would surely have got the right gunk . |
| 6 | We were expecting the American model to arrive in Europe with pleasurable anticipation , accepting its inevitability . |
| 7 | They were expecting the finer points of drama and theatre management … instead they were introduced to the skills of the big top . |
| 8 | It is expected the two incentives will result in £30 million extra for Britain 's trusts and charities . |
| 9 | The news of her latest pregnancy was broken in November , and it is expected the new baby will make a public debut on her Good Morning BBC1 programme , perhaps next week . |
| 10 | The speedy ‘ wash-out ’ effect that set in showed clearly how unrealistic it is to expect the developmental course to be changed when just one period is singled out for attention and no effort is made to follow up that experience and integrate it in an individual 's total life pattern . |