Example sentences of "was [adv] expect [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He was not expecting this display of outright defiance . |
2 | Earlier this week the management was confidently expecting firm production orders within a matter of days . |
3 | It was also expected that government spending would be cut by 10 per cent , that state companies would be privatized and that sales taxes would be increased . |
4 | Maude 's telegram from the Queen was also expected this morning at Trees Park Village , near Middleton St George , where she has lived for the last seven years . |
5 | The stock-taking announcement , which was initially expected last year , has been put back several times . |
6 | She reached down and , for a moment , Pete was half expecting some response ; a stag , perhaps , breaking the surface of the lake and climbing out to her , water streaming from its flanks as it came to her hand . |