Example sentences of "had [be] expect [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Cattell said : ‘ We had been expecting bad news but had no idea where the axe would fall . |
| 2 | I had been expecting this news for some time but it still came as a terrible shock . |
| 3 | He had been expecting this visit ; had been rehearsing what he would say . |
| 4 | It would be just like Sipotai to attempt overwhelming force , and he had been expecting some kind of reaction ever since he had issued the order for Vortai 's herds to be culled . |
| 5 | It had been expecting some trouble on May 23th , the anniversary of China 's annexation of Tibet in 1951 . |
| 6 | The IBM announcement had been expected this month , and the delay is thought to have been occasioned by the need to respond to the Hitachi announcement . |