Example Sentences

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They will have been expecting us for some time.

From Christmas Tree Land by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)

Dear Toby, I daresay you will have been expecting for some time to hear from me, and it is quite true I owe you a letter.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various

"No doubt you will have been expecting to hear from me, Miss Graniger?"

From Capricious Caroline by Rowlands, Effie Adelaide