had been anticipating
-había estado esperando
Past perfect progressiveconjugation ofanticipate.There are other translations for this conjugation.

anticipate

Of course, markets had been anticipating QE for a few months and were probably already pricing in some effect on inflation of the QE programme, so the absence of a large step-shift on the day of the announcement is not totally surprising.
Por supuesto, los mercados llevaban varios meses anticipando la medida, y seguramente ya descontaban cierto efecto del programa sobre la inflación, con lo que la ausencia de un salto pronunciado el día del anuncio no sorprende del todo.
Analysts had been anticipating a potential dividend cut, though not one of this magnitude.
Los analistas habían estado anticipando un potencial corte de dividendos, aunque ninguno de esta magnitud.
Keigo had been anticipating it so much that he had wanted them to gather the previous night.
Keigo había estado tan feliz de esto, que él quería que se hubieran reunido la noche anterior.
Next day, the children started breaking down at last, more or less as Frances had been anticipating, with one or two exceptions.
Al día siguiente, los niños comenzaron por fin a venirse abajo, más o menos como Frances había previsto, con una o dos excepciones.
In the evening, the moment we had been anticipating for months was finally there: the Swiss sangha brought the stupa from Amden in Switzerland, where it had been stored since it left its former home at the Bern Buddhist Center.
En la noche, el momento que habíamos anticipado por meses llegó finalmente. La sangha suiza trajo la estupa desde Amden en Suiza, donde estuvo almacenada desde que abandonara su hogar anterior en el Centro Budista de Berna.
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