Example sentences of "[pron] be expecting [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But I 'm expecting great things of you , too . "
2 I 'm expecting another call from our informant .
3 Mum Fran , who is expecting another baby in January , added : ‘ We have been very fortunate .
4 She was expecting another visit from the police .
5 Now several mornings a week when perhaps she should have been concerning herself with the house ( she delegated more and more to the housekeeper , who after all had run everything before she , Lily , had come ) , she would go and sit with Sadie , who was expecting another child at Christmas .
6 We 're expecting good news from the States and there should be a knock-on effect . "
7 The last ten days gradually it has been coming back since the really trough period in late January with the war and the snow , etc. , and in fact this week erm we 're expecting this week to probably do double the level of bookings that we did last week , and that 's on overseas holidays for summer and winter .
8 College Principal Clive Brain says there 's a growing demand for technological education and he 's expecting large numbers of applicants .
9 The company said last October that it was expecting 20,000 subscribers by year-end , but at the start of March it had signed just 8,500 to the service .
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