Example sentences of "[pron] [be] expecting [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These parties of mine have become something of an institution , and I am expecting a large number of people to come in and give their comments on the results in various constituencies . |
| 2 | Erm which wo n't be a vast amount , you know , I was expecting a slow start and we 've had a fairly slow start , but you know I 'm not worried by that at all . |
| 3 | We could n't get a babysitter , so I was expecting a cold TV dinner thrown at my head when I rolled back . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Nobody 's expecting a big queue of potential purchasers |
| 6 | If the interviewer remains silent then look at her or him as if you are expecting the next move to come from their side . |
| 7 | It contains an inherent fallacy : you are expecting the silent majority to speak . |
| 8 | If by now you 're expecting a Manic Miner ish run-round-platforms-collecting-things game , you 're absolutely … |
| 9 | YOUNG mum Angie Wilson is praying for a speedy end to her homeless heartache for she is expecting a third baby in just nine weeks time . |
| 10 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |
| 11 | If we are expecting a good level of practice from proprietors , whether private proprietors or statutory , then we have not to expect them to be out of pocket at the end of the day as a result . |
| 12 | Arnold Wilcox-Wood , manager of Clayton Square , says : ‘ We are expecting a high response to this year 's award . |
| 13 | ‘ Even though we are expecting an inflationary increase of 1.9 per cent , our costs have gone up by between 6 per cent and 7 percent . |
| 14 | And they 'd only be significant if we were expecting a significant disproportion anyway |
| 15 | We were expecting the American model to arrive in Europe with pleasurable anticipation , accepting its inevitability . |
| 16 | ( Perhaps this was where the first shock to people in the field arose 0 as one said , ‘ we were expecting an all-singing Branson man and what we got was , although he could be very charming , a quiet , distinctly unvibrant and very determined person ’ . ) |
| 17 | Many people there were expecting an Israeli attack on Jordan , the aims of which would be to force the Palestinians of the Occupied lands to remain in Jordan , and , in accordance with Israel 's notorious ‘ transfer plan ’ , accommodate the expected arrival in Israel of millions of immigrants from the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | Analysts are concerned US shares can not sustain their current levels and they are expecting a sharp fall on Wall Street later . |
| 19 | They were expecting a three day music festival at this site near Milton Keynes . |
| 20 | They were expecting the finer points of drama and theatre management … instead they were introduced to the skills of the big top . |
| 21 | It is expecting a great deal of the courts to ask them to review the operational judgment of a chief of police who indicates that he reasonably believes that his forces are insufficient to prevent serious public disorder or serious damage to property . |
| 22 | I think he 's expecting a glorified vacation with a lot of scuba diving and board-sailing , but he does understand that a cruise-cure means giving up drugs . |