It was, of course, quite possible that their arrival had been expected.

He was to have paid us a visit for some weeks, and we had expected his arrival next day.

We have all been expecting his arrival any day now.

At this very moment they might be expecting her arrival.

Its arrival must have been expected, because a carriage was there, waiting.

I had expected his arrival before tea; now it was dark: what could keep him?

We should be able to expect its arrival in three days.

All had been put on red alert to expect my arrival, and I knew from experience what that meant: food.

Fender always turned it to the wall when a new arrival was expected.

On the threshold of the doorway was the man whose arrival he had not yet expected.