Example sentences of "expecting this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The 5% increase in house prices which we were expecting this year would have solved most of our problems , including the brunt of the arrears and repossessions , ’ it says . |
| 2 | Down on the beach a covering party under Lieutenant Nisbet added to the Japanese confusion , for they rushed reinforcements to the shore , no doubt expecting this raid was made from the sea . |
| 3 | ‘ Until last October authorities were expecting this money to be ringfenced so did not consider this client group when they were consulting and drawing up their assessment models , ’ he said . |
| 4 | We 'd been expecting this news for so long that we were scarcely able to take it in , in fact we were fairly incredulous . |
| 5 | I had been expecting this news for some time but it still came as a terrible shock . |
| 6 | He had been expecting this visit ; had been rehearsing what he would say . |
| 7 | ‘ You are not , presumably , expecting this murderer , if he exists , to turn his attention to the rest of the family . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was not expecting this display of outright defiance . |
| 10 | I wonder whether our friend Tammuz Malamute is expecting this visitor . ’ |