Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] expect a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Brassard was leaving , he warned the security man at the front entrance that Celia was expecting a visitor . |
| 2 | Jenny was expecting a present . |
| 3 | Informix was expecting a $22m cheque last week for its share of the 60,000-user US Army RCAS contract which is worth $1.6bn overall : it received an initial $5m payment back in January . |
| 4 | They told me they had a little house not far away from where I lived , and that Dorothy was expecting a baby — twins , the doctor had said . |
| 5 | ‘ She told me Melanie was expecting a baby soon after Christmas . ’ |