Examples of 'he had been expecting' in a sentence
Meaning of "he had been expecting"
he had been expecting - indicates that a male individual had anticipated or awaited something. This phrase is used to show that someone had prior knowledge or assumptions about a situation
How to use "he had been expecting" in a sentence
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he had been expecting
Told them he had been expecting a different visitor.
You are not as perfect as he had been expecting.
He had been expecting a bigger mountain to climb.
Baine looked as if he had been expecting the question.
He had been expecting an open mike night.
Not the nice quiet night he had been expecting.
He had been expecting the worst knowing his circumstance.
It actually seemed like he had been expecting it.
Clearly he had been expecting someone younger.
Came out and talked to us as if he had been expecting us.
It was not like he had been expecting her at home this afternoon.
Later he would explain that it was as if he had been expecting me.
It was like he had been expecting my call.
The man came out and talked to us as if he had been expecting us.
He had been expecting to hear this.
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He looked at me as if he had been expecting to see me.
He had been expecting to eat another cold meal from their provisions.
Charles was impassive, as though he had been expecting this.
I guess he had been expecting us.
Well, that point blank admission was the last thing he had been expecting.
Probably he had been expecting it.
The flames began to flicker, and yet, that was exactly what he had been expecting.
He had been expecting the President to take him to task.
Al just smiled at me, as if he had been expecting the statement.
He had been expecting the worst, but now it seemed he.
The knock on his door startled him, even though he had been expecting it.
Colbert entered ; he had been expecting this all the morning.
He was not surprised, for without knowing, he had been expecting it.
Ali explained that he had been expecting the coalition 's offensive.
Of course, why not! You are not as perfect as he had been expecting.
He had been expecting me, I called him when I was just about two minutes out.
Later, he wrote that he had been expecting to see a guilt-ridden, hyperemotional fanatic.
He had been expecting us, of course.
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