Example sentences of "[verb] it be expect " in BNC.
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1 | The two people who found it are expected to receive the value of the brooch but it 's a very well preserved skull , I suppose it was all in mud an |
2 | At home in London she rarely bothered with such irrelevances ; here she knew it was expected of her and accordingly she had showered , dumped her travel-weary jeans into the laundry basket from which they would be rescued by a maid , washed , ironed and returned to her next day , and dressed herself in a loose silk jersey jacket and pants suit , simple and easy enough to please her yet enough of a transformation to satisfy her father and Sally . |
3 | In these vast spaces , concepts rather than characters seem to be doing battle , prominent among them a prince who appears to be acting the part of the roistering boy because he feels it is expected of him . |
4 | Intel said it was expecting to deliver Pentiums in the low hundreds of thousands this year , not the million or more anticipated . |
5 | Melvyn Kelly , prosecuting , said it was expected that committal proceedings would be able to take place in two weeks . |
6 | He introduced me to the Branch Secretary , Forbes , who I found less congenial , more prone to rhetoric , though at his level I daresay it was expected of him . |
7 | ‘ I am glad the lady Anne is coming here , ’ the prince said , feeling it was expected of him . |