Example sentences of "she [be] expect [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The mother has been rather tearful — understandably so , because she 's worried about her husband , and concerned because she 's expecting a baby . |
2 | Well she said herself she 's expecting a lad though is n't she ? |
3 | ‘ She 's expecting a moonlight tryst ? ’ |
4 | She is in the early stages of pregnancy , her belly gently swelling inside her pink dress , and she tells me with obvious delight that she is expecting a summer bambino . |
5 | • What do I do if an employee says she is expecting a baby ? |
6 | The 36 year old former Eurythmics star — who announced yesterday that she is expecting a baby in the New Year — and a 20-strong film crew hired a Grade 1 listed building in central London to shoot her latest video . |
7 | It was Sunday , she was expecting a detective , the timetable at the cafe was out of date . |
8 | She was expecting a bill of no more than £50 for the short job , presenter John Stapleton told viewers . |
9 | Then she forced a smile , and said , ‘ Of course , Damien : and proffered a cheek , averted as though she was expecting a blow . |
10 | Sybil also heard Angy giving Delia her address so it 's reasonable to assume that she was expecting a visit from her some time . |
11 | Another lady that I met was suffering from the elephant man 's disease ; her husband had recently died and she was expecting a baby . |
12 | So she had left her native Ireland with a new , gentle man and she was expecting a baby . |
13 | It was hardly a secret by this time ; even her loose maternity dress could not disguise the fact that she was expecting a baby in six weeks ' time . |
14 | She was expecting a baby , and we all hoped she would have a son , who would inherit the Linton fortune . |
15 | I could see that she was expecting a baby . |
16 | She had a baby we she was expecting a baby and we called it P J , anyw and she said it was going to be Peter John and th anyway when it arrived it was a Pamela Jane . |
17 | And now that she was clearly going to have to give up her job — Ross had made it clear that he would n't approve of her returning to work , and especially not when she was expecting a baby — having something to get her teeth into , such as restoring an ancient building , sounded a great idea . |
18 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
19 | It was worse , far worse this time , because she was expecting the pain , the discomfort , the sharp jabbing of the stones . |
20 | This might lead her to change her expectation of the average level of prices ; after all , if she is rational she must know that unpredictable movements in aggregate demand can occur and that one symptom of them is that the price in her island is higher than she was expecting the average to be . |