Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] expect [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , we 've been expecting you . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been expecting you to ask me that question , ’ she admitted . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've been expecting you ever since Dr Watson arrived . ’ |
| 4 | She took a deep breath , and pushed open the door , quite prepared to leave the horde of lounging workmen in no doubt that they had ruined her holiday , but she did n't have the opportunity to utter a word , because the man standing in front of her said briefly , ‘ I 've been expecting you , Miss Stanley . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been expecting you . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been expecting it ever since I heard that they found Uncle Mosse underneath the floorboards . |
| 7 | You have been expecting us . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I have been expecting you for a week , ’ he said . |
| 9 | With one part of his mind he logged the fact that Mum had understood the worst immediately and must in some way have been expecting it . |
| 10 | It does seem , though , that when the death of someone we love is sudden it does not have to be that the shock is greater than when we have been expecting it . |
| 11 | I have been expecting it . |