Example sentences of "[pers pn] be expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am expecting a visitor , Alexandra . |
| 2 | sixty percent , I 'm expecting a bailiff at my door any day |
| 3 | Turn it down a bit I 'm expecting a phone call in a minute , but I think I 'll have one . |
| 4 | I 'm expecting a couple of overseas phone calls at the house . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm expecting a friend … ’ |
| 6 | Shit , I 'm expecting a letter . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm expecting a baby , ’ she said . |
| 8 | I 'm expecting a baby , ’ she replied . |
| 9 | I 'm expecting a baby . ’ |
| 10 | I was expecting a chance to get my papers organized . |
| 11 | ‘ I was expecting a relief nurse to arrive , and the doctor who 'd been sent for . |
| 12 | For example , if you arrive in my business dressed as a surgeon , a priest or a barrister when I was expecting a banker then we may have initial problems in communicating . |
| 13 | well that 's right , yeah , in fact I said to her I was expecting a phone call the other morning to say that |
| 14 | ‘ You remember I mentioned I was expecting a friend ? |
| 15 | ‘ I was expecting a visitor . ’ |
| 16 | I was expecting a baby at the time . |
| 17 | Do you think , Sarah , this might mean you are expecting a child ? ’ |
| 18 | you 're expecting a baby and were pregnant when the dentist accepted you for treatment or |
| 19 | However , now that I know you 're expecting a baby , I think we 've got some planning to do . |
| 20 | The bakery , and you 're expecting a delivery , especially like on produce , and then you have to go off , or something like that , get people stacking right up . |
| 21 | ‘ Congratulations — Alan tells us you 're expecting an addition to the tribe . ’ |
| 22 | Even if they are what you think they are , rival agents , how could they have known you were expecting a letter , and how could they have known you were expecting it on that particular night ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The mother has been rather tearful — understandably so , because she 's worried about her husband , and concerned because she 's expecting a baby . |
| 24 | Well she said herself she 's expecting a lad though is n't she ? |
| 25 | ‘ She 's expecting a moonlight tryst ? ’ |
| 26 | She is in the early stages of pregnancy , her belly gently swelling inside her pink dress , and she tells me with obvious delight that she is expecting a summer bambino . |
| 27 | • What do I do if an employee says she is expecting a baby ? |
| 28 | The 36 year old former Eurythmics star — who announced yesterday that she is expecting a baby in the New Year — and a 20-strong film crew hired a Grade 1 listed building in central London to shoot her latest video . |
| 29 | It was Sunday , she was expecting a detective , the timetable at the cafe was out of date . |
| 30 | She was expecting a bill of no more than £50 for the short job , presenter John Stapleton told viewers . |