Example sentences of "be expecting him back " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are expecting him back on Monday — but if he 's only staying for three days it 's a pointless exercise . |
| 2 | Beuno did n't suggest that Elizabeth would be expecting him back , but ate his omelette as casually and thoughtlessly as the squirrel who had moved off to eat nuts in a different hazel tree . |
| 3 | I 'm expecting him back at any moment . |
| 4 | You see , my father generally deals with these ; I 'm expecting him back at any moment . |
| 5 | ‘ No , but I 'm expecting him back . ’ |
| 6 | His companions at base camp were expecting him back by dusk at the latest . |
| 7 | His assistant Julian immediately offers me coffee , and explains in apologetic tones that Tony has been called out — ‘ but you 're down for 11.30 ’ — and that he 's expecting him back any moment . |