How to use "expecting" in a sentence

'This gentleman wants a room for the night,' Cosette said, trembling with fear, expecting to be beaten.

They waited nervously while the man studied the bill carefully, expecting him to complain or cause trouble

'Come in,' Marius said, expecting it to be the concierge, Mme Bougon

He then shut the door and got into the grandmother's bed, expecting Little Red Riding Hood, who came some time afterwards and knocked at the door: tap, tap.

Mom's expecting me."

'He is expecting us

"Huh? I wasn't expecting nobody."

That might be just what Vince's bosses are expecting us to do

"Stryker will be expecting a tail

Elliot hunched low over the wheel, expecting a bullet through the rear window

'Francois, no! For Henri's sake! Don't you see? I was expecting that fly

Quite a number of people who had been expecting friends to arrive by train were standing at the station