Example sentences of "be expecting to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when you know more about what you 're expecting to be told it 's easier to remember it . |
| 2 | ‘ You must think I 'm an inconsiderate devil if you 're expecting to be thrown in at the deep end to struggle as best you can . ’ |
| 3 | Bus managers were expecting to be rushed off their feet . |
| 4 | Many , therefore , were expecting to be relocated . |
| 5 | When we were er were living all on the road so we were expecting to be supplied by vans . |
| 6 | She is expecting to be met by a local member of Committee staff and so is not surprised when a young Thai dressed formally in dark trousers and white short-sleeved shirt and carrying a dark peaked cap comes up to her and says , ‘ Excuse me , you are waiting for some-one ? ’ |
| 7 | This means that the buyer of one contract ( the long ) is expecting to be allocated a 500,000 sterling time deposit at an eligible bank on the delivery date . |
| 8 | Not far behind them sat David Thomas and his wife , a jeweller who had looked after the Spencer family for years and sold Diana several pieces : but he was still ‘ just a humble jeweller ’ , and was expecting to be tucked away behind a pillar at the back . |
| 9 | by the marriage of the testator , unless it appears from the will that at the time it was made the testator was expecting to be married to a particular person , and that he intended that the will ( or a particular disposition in the will ) should not be revoked by that marriage , and that marriage takes place . |
| 10 | When we first began to meet and talk in 1963 , he was expecting to be offered a Cabinet post in education if Labour won and he could keep in step for long enough . |
| 11 | She was expecting to be pinned down by a concentrated bout of gunfire to give the German a chance to retreat but instead the second sniper swung his FN FAL on the unsuspecting German and gunned him down . |
| 12 | I was expecting to be smelled and heard , but not seen . |