Example sentences of "he was expect a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Naturally he was fed up , he 's only a child and he was expecting a present .
2 Carver explained that he was expecting a friend in Australia to wire him $1,500 any day .
3 In January 1989 the Secretary of State for Education and Science said that he was expecting a doubling of student numbers during the next twenty-five years .
4 But he was expecting a decision now , and with Angel firmly in mind there could only be one answer .
5 He was expecting a visit from the young woman he had been wooing assiduously and he had carefully orchestrated the evening so that all his housemates were out and he had the house to himself .
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