Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have be expecting " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not the speech the Archon had been expecting . |
| 2 | The crew has been expecting a return to the Gulf . |
| 3 | Officially , the Government has been expecting up to one million appeals . |
| 4 | Officially , the Government has been expecting up to one million appeals . |
| 5 | However , the City had been expecting bad figures and the shares rose 15p to 239p . |
| 6 | Pearson , the media group whose interests span The Financial Times to Madame Tussauds , was heavily in demand as half-year profits were considerably higher than the City had been expecting . |
| 7 | The City had been expecting the chemicals giant 's confirmation that it would be hiving off its pharmaceuticals and agrichemicals businesses to a new company , Zeneca . |