Example sentences of "expecting to see a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American boy turned in his seat and stared , expecting to see a fight , but the cowering Annamite accepted his beating meekly and none of the European passersby spared the man a second glance . |
| 2 | My master peered down this as if expecting to see a vision at the bottom . |
| 3 | Lisa peered past the window display , as if half expecting to see a crocodile of new customers filing towards the door . |
| 4 | Peering anxiously through the narrow archway of the gatehouse , I was fully expecting to see a horse and carriage approach , when suddenly a bright , shiny bicycle came hurtling past , complete with hooter and Union Jack on the handlebars . |
| 5 | She turned quickly , expecting to see a rat staring at her . |
| 6 | Sometimes , waking very early , she would tiptoe to the narrow window and look out across the harbour , half expecting to see a ship at anchor there , newly arrived from Portugal . |
| 7 | He then looked about , expecting to see a cage with a dead bird , the body of a starved cat in a basket . |
| 8 | Second half I was expecting to see a lot more action from Leeds at the Leeds fans end part of the ground . |
| 9 | Because A you 're not wasting the time , you 're not worrying about the post sort , you 're getting the stuff quicker , you 've got the thing logged in and logged out erm so to , to a great extent , I mean er we should be ab I personally think that we should actually s be trying s we should be expecting to see an advantage but let's just take that as as , as , as neutral so that you have n't got a er a worsening situation and you have n't taken adva taken advantage of any |
| 10 | Ajayi looked up at the door to the winding-stair expecting to see an attendant , but the voice had come from behind her , and she could see Quiss 's face starting to turn red , his eyes widening , the lines around them spreading out further . |