Example sentences of "[noun prp] was expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Jeanne was expecting the baby at the end of November 1918 .
2 As Brassard was leaving , he warned the security man at the front entrance that Celia was expecting a visitor .
3 Denise was expecting the couple 's daughter Liberty , now 17 months old , when his cancer was diagnosed and David visited his wife and new baby — born in the same hospital — connected to a drip .
4 Jenny was expecting a present .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 ‘ She told me Melanie was expecting a baby soon after Christmas . ’
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