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1 Entering the year, investors were expecting only modest gains for 2007.
2 Of course, the raider was expecting only an unarmed merchantship.
3 If you came expecting only 'frohawks and studded leather jackets, you'd be slightly disappointed.
4 We stayed close to the television, expecting only bad news.
5 They were expecting only a brief passage.
6 They'd brought a change of clothes in their carryons, expecting only to stay overnight before taking Leigh home.
7 But based on the options the tech sector pitched to the administration, they are expecting only incremental changes.
8 There were three men and two chairs, which was awkward, and he was expecting only Swigart and Cobbens.
9 The kid checks for us on his clipboard, which seems strange for someone expecting only six or eight people.
10 However, I did send for your truss, expecting only to get a truss that I could wear with comfort.
11 They were large and heavy, and strained the sides of the bag Seregil had brought with him; he had been expecting only one.
12 I was expecting only an incremental increase, like 3 percent, said Gordon Kwan, head of energy research of Mirae Asset Management in Hong Kong.
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