Example sentences of "expecting the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cathy was pale and drawn and she looked tired-not , he thought , like a woman who , expecting the sack , had found herself owning the business . |
| 2 | I was n't expecting the press to get hold of it , mind you ; but it may be no bad thing . ’ |
| 3 | The young prune wears his tie crooked , and I keep expecting the policeman to lean forward and straighten it . |
| 4 | Sir Eric is not expecting the sky to fall in over his campus , but in a sense that is the problem — graceful degradation is just a mite too graceful . |
| 5 | Oh , that they knew er something of the Hebrew scriptures because they were expecting the Messiah were n't they ? |
| 6 | There are a number of reasons for expecting the prices of index futures to adjust faster than the spot price , i.e. the market index . |
| 7 | But Mr Szilagy and his staff are not expecting the citizens of Budapest to flock in their thousands to see the collection of ugly lifeless forms . |
| 8 | ‘ With all this publicity , Jackson 's is expecting The Factory Whistle to do very well . |
| 9 | I 'm expecting the boys for dinner tomorrow and looking forward to it . |
| 10 | But arguing that Albany should take over certain categories of spending is one thing ; expecting the state to pour the same sums into them is quite another . |
| 11 | The native Peruvian , expecting the state to do everything , no longer had to concern himself with his fellow man and had to come to his aid only if required by law … |
| 12 | Oh I have n't er I suppose I 'm expecting the State to support me . |
| 13 | I do n't know whether he was expecting the water to burst or what it was . |
| 14 | They stopped shouting at each other , expecting the Headmaster to burst in on them at any moment . |
| 15 | expecting the other to be the solution to life 's problems |
| 16 | To expose the contradictions of the world economic system by identifying soil erosion in lesser developed countries is like expecting the tail to wag the dog . |
| 17 | He had not been expecting the change in subject . |
| 18 | After a mile or two of expecting the Range Rover in pursuit it finally came home to her that Penry had no intention of following her . |
| 19 | I am not expecting the Test wickets to turn a lot — they did n't on the tour there in 1981-82 — and the current Indian attack is based more around pace than spin . |
| 20 | We 're not expecting the K.G.B . " |
| 21 | FRANCE 's ruling Socialists had long been expecting the deb∘acle . |
| 22 | Making matters worse is that many companies have not hedged themselves against a rising yen this year , expecting the currency not to trade any higher than around the ¥120 level . |
| 23 | Thus s.309 of the Companies Act 1985 does not regard the interests of the employees and the shareholders of the company as irrecon-cilably opposed , expecting the directors to be able to take the interests of the employees into account whilst performing their duties to the company , including the shareholders . |
| 24 | He smiled happily , expecting the Duchess to share his joy . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | At the time , Shana a picture researcher was expecting the couple 's second child and , having miscarried the previous year there was a fear she might do so again . |
| 27 | I was n't expecting a miraculous transformation , you see , I was expecting the Belinda I 've come to know and love . ’ |
| 28 | We have grown used to expecting the Spirit of God to speak in a gentle whisper , not a roaring wind . |
| 29 | As he disrobed in the vestry , Quentin paused more than once , glancing at the closed door , as though expecting the boy to appear with his smile . |
| 30 | The consumers of public expenditure have contributed towards the growth of public expenditure not only through expecting the government to spend more on them but also by increasing in number . |