Example sentences of "expecting [pron] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would normally do the PM first thing tomorrow but they are n't expecting me back at the hospital until Monday and the PM room is tied up until the afternoon . |
| 2 | He kissed her gently , expecting nothing back . |
| 3 | ‘ We were n't expecting you back . |
| 4 | I was n't expecting you back so I did n't think it would affect you . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 'm expecting him back at any moment . |
| 7 | You see , my father generally deals with these ; I 'm expecting him back at any moment . |
| 8 | We are expecting him back on Monday — but if he 's only staying for three days it 's a pointless exercise . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | When are you expecting him back ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When are you expecting him back ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Oh yes , and they 're not expecting him back . |
| 13 | ‘ No , but I 'm expecting him back . ’ |
| 14 | His companions at base camp were expecting him back by dusk at the latest . |
| 15 | However , she realised that these matters would just have to take their course , although she must also remember she did n't have unlimited time at her disposal , because her father would be expecting her back at the office . |