Example sentences of "[pron] [be] expecting the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If the interviewer remains silent then look at her or him as if you are expecting the next move to come from their side . |
| 3 | It contains an inherent fallacy : you are expecting the silent majority to speak . |
| 4 | We were expecting the American model to arrive in Europe with pleasurable anticipation , accepting its inevitability . |
| 5 | They were expecting the finer points of drama and theatre management … instead they were introduced to the skills of the big top . |