Example sentences of "[be] expecting [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're expecting good news from the States and there should be a knock-on effect . " |
| 2 | We 're expecting some students to get merit . |
| 3 | The last ten days gradually it has been coming back since the really trough period in late January with the war and the snow , etc. , and in fact this week erm we 're expecting this week to probably do double the level of bookings that we did last week , and that 's on overseas holidays for summer and winter . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe they 're expecting another explosion ? ’ |
| 5 | We are expecting 120 kids — Praise God ! ! |
| 6 | Nurses in the USA are expecting better time ahead after the election of Bill Clinton as president last week . |
| 7 | If investors are expecting inflationary pressures in the future , the yield curve will be rising , while if they are anticipating disinflationary pressures , the yield curve will be falling . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've had three months of investigation and it 's important that we now look forward to next year 's National when we are expecting large crowds . ’ |
| 9 | For Jacqui and her husband , bank official David Thompson are expecting another child next month . |
| 10 | ‘ I was n't in Belfast for the second leg but from what I saw on television they gave Tbilisi a lot of problems and that 's what we are expecting next week . |
| 11 | The golfing world has been expecting great things from Norman for years . |
| 12 | Esau can not have been expecting such remorse , such willingness to make amends from Jacob . |
| 13 | However they also felt that they had been expecting most children to write in sentences at too early an age . |
| 14 | Until now , the organisers had been expecting 15,000 participants ( 10,000 competitors and 5,000 officials ) , and the Olympic village was constructed with this in mind . |
| 15 | Had she been expecting any apology , though , Fabia realised then that she would have been disappointed for , ‘ Hrm , ’ was all he grunted , and , handing the letter back , he scrutinised her with a hard look , and Fabia had the feeling that he thought that she was the one in the wrong ! |
| 16 | France has been expecting heavy snow all week to 1200m … and still waits . |
| 17 | He 'd been expecting tight security at the entrance , but in the event the gates were open and unmanned , and a passing employee directed him along a concrete road leading to the garage where a man in blue overalls was washing one of the Fiat saloons . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It had been expecting some trouble on May 23th , the anniversary of China 's annexation of Tibet in 1951 . |
| 20 | We 'd been expecting this news for so long that we were scarcely able to take it in , in fact we were fairly incredulous . |
| 21 | I had been expecting this news for some time but it still came as a terrible shock . |
| 22 | He had been expecting this visit ; had been rehearsing what he would say . |
| 23 | However , the City had been expecting bad figures and the shares rose 15p to 239p . |
| 24 | Mr Cattell said : ‘ We had been expecting bad news but had no idea where the axe would fall . |
| 25 | The interviewer may be expecting certain answers and qualifications from the person she/he is interviewing but the overall impression of yourself which you create in the interview is equally important . |
| 26 | You may be expecting some kind of platform game with bouncing mushrooms but instead you need a fair bit of brain power too ! |
| 27 | But I 'm expecting great things of you , too . " |
| 28 | I 'm expecting another call from our informant . |
| 29 | The implication that ‘ easy money ’ was made available to some fundholders was reinforced by reports in January 1992 that some were expecting six figure savings from their hospital treatment budgets by the end of the financial year . |
| 30 | A trip to London was planned and they were expecting two visits — one from an elderly relative who 'd been in touch after receiving a holiday postcard and another from two people who used to live in the flat upstairs and had telephoned asking if they could call by . |