The long-expected presents from England for the Naval.    From Wordnik.com.  [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference

Abdel-Hassan and his servants to the long-expected spring.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860] Reference

Was he going to make the long-expected pass now, of all times?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tree of Death]

The banker tarried for hours, when the long-expected bell rang.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside] Reference

The long-expected death of this good and great man took place at.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 568, September 29, 1832] Reference

Since writing the above, the long-expected declaration of President.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

Then, in 1759, happened what had been long-expected and talked about.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference

Three days only before the assizes, came the long-expected letter from.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference

The "long-expected" come at last, namely, the admiral's inspection.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference

The Turks took them to be the long-expected reinforcements from Sicily.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference

If so, he could not be a mere man, but must be the long-expected Messiah.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference

Magersfontein misfortune had put off indefinitely the long-expected succour.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference

About midnight I came to something concrete at last -- a long-expected railway.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany] Reference

Two weeks passed away, and there was still no news of the long-expected relief.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference

It was nearly half-past eight when the long-expected ring at the front door came.    From Wordnik.com.  [L.P.M. : the end of the Great War] Reference

Francis Burdett's long-expected letter arrived, but brought with it no consolation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference

Bobbie pounced upon eagerly, for he knew it contained the long-expected guinea-pigs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soap-Bubble Stories For Children] Reference

The long-expected meeting is over, and the "Brother Crusoes" are safe at home again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference

The letter, long-expected and dreaded, had finally crossed the continent to his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks'] Reference

To-day the long-expected flying squadron arrived, and took up positions ahead of us.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference

During this mental change the autumn arrived, and with it the long-expected commission.    From Wordnik.com.  [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 6, August 5, 1850] Reference

On Tuesday, the ninth of September, 1561, the long-expected conference was to be opened.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference

In a long-expected move, Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) announced that he will oppose NAFTA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nafta Notes Congressional Endorsements Of Nafta] Reference

These wise men also considered this as an evidence that the long-expected Prince was born.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference

After a number of insulting letters from D'Esterre, his long-expected hostile message arrived.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell] Reference

A long-expected reduction in the number of Interior Ministry troops was also abruptly canceled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fear Comes to the Russian Heartland] Reference

Sometimes a good "story" would come down, as when the long-heralded and long-expected arrival of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis] Reference

It was nearly the end of June before she received the long-expected invitation from Lady Ashley.    From Wordnik.com.  [A True Friend A Novel] Reference

At 9 a.m. the long-expected "Audacious" hove in sight, flying the flag of Admiral Hillyar at the main.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference

‘On the following day, the day of my long-expected happiness, I and all my family arose betimes in the morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference

Early on the night of the 26th, the long-expected and dreaded event announced itself by the premonitory symptoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission] Reference

A long-expected volume of Gaelic poetry, consisting chiefly of elegies, hymns, and sacred lyrics, appeared from his pen in 1848.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference

The boats were prepared for launching, and the ship's course was changed, and our hero knew that the, long-expected smuggler had arrived.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference