Example sentences of "[was/were] expect last [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Political negotiations were scheduled for Aug. 10 and were expected to last two months . |
| 2 | The largely ceremonial meetings which began in Madrid on Oct. 30 were expected to last three days and were intended merely to initiate a wider negotiating process . |
| 3 | The appeal began on 28 July and was expected to last two weeks , but after three days the judges decided they had heard enough . |
| 4 | The case was expected to last two years ; Honecker , who had terminal liver cancer , was considered to have only 18 months to live . |
| 5 | This RTP ( reduce to products ) contract was expected to last two-and-a-half years , and has just about come to an end after less than two . |