Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [be] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I might have done , only I 'm expecting my brother to pin me , I do n't quite know when . |
| 2 | perhaps I was expected to laugh heartily ; or indeed , reciprocate with some remark of my own . |
| 3 | Perhaps I was expected to say something . |
| 4 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 5 | So you 're expected to give your sweets to your older brother , dear oh dear . |
| 6 | When we were er were living all on the road so we were expecting to be supplied by vans . |
| 7 | Artemis 's father was away for a week 's sport in Leicestershire , and apparently it was expected of Artemis that she should be ready and able to go out and ride her new horse side-saddle alongside her father on his return . |
| 8 | There were various suggestions as to Balliol 's intentions in this southwards move : that his aim was first to divide the west from the east , then to work round and isolate Edinburgh ; that he knew of Sir Archibald Douglas 's mustering of his Galloway vassals and sought to keep this force from joining the main Scots array ; that perhaps he was expecting further English reinforcements from Carlisle and the West March ; and so on . |
| 9 | In a speech in Gloucester tonight he 's expected to launch a bitter attack on the Government 's failure to deal with the current wave of crime . |
| 10 | Abroad they were feted , courted like film stars but always in the security of a group ; then when they went back home they were expected to slip from their previous lifestyles into houses that sometimes had no hot water or inside w.c . |
| 11 | He was uncertain how much further he was expected to probe or whether , in the light of Berowne 's resignation , there was any point in his probing . |
| 12 | Similarly we are expected to understand the distinction between Atlantis qua actually existing and the idea of Atlantis as conceived by this , that or other person , writer , scholar . |
| 13 | Also it was expected of Rangers to attend divine worship . |
| 14 | Similarly it is expected that the Examinations Officer and other officers of the centre shall have understood and accepted these regulations . |
| 15 | Clearly he was expected , because it was opened immediately by a thin , elderly woman dressed neatly in conservative black , her grizzled hair drawn into a tight bun at the nape of her neck . |
| 16 | If by now you 're expecting a Manic Miner ish run-round-platforms-collecting-things game , you 're absolutely … |
| 17 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |
| 18 | And now she was expected to entertain his lady-friends until such time as he chose to remember they were there ! |
| 19 | ‘ Hotels like this never used to have things like tea and coffee facilities and colour TV but now it 's expected . |
| 20 | There is a highly respected politician who has done honourable service in that most sobering of posts , the Northern Ireland Office , and now he is expected to play Father Christmas , with a lovely sack of surprise goodies to dispense to good children . |
| 21 | Presumably they were expected also to save money for the shipowners . |
| 22 | Well I was expecting th Well I was expecting it to be the church hall you see . |
| 23 | Well I was expecting th Well I was expecting it to be the church hall you see . |
| 24 | Well I was expecting to be when I got there . |
| 25 | well she 's expecting in August |
| 26 | Well she 's expecting is n't she ? |
| 27 | I think the only drawback in that was , it 's been discuss , that , if you are dealing with money here you are expected to be , but I ca n't see that 'll make any difference because we 're not tied to National cost at the bazaar are we ? |
| 28 | Well they 're expecting at least two cars . |
| 29 | Tomorrow they are expected to visit Stockton Anchorage Drop-in Centre , Dovecot Street . |
| 30 | Today they were expected to visit the Play Resource Warehouse and Pilot 's Row Centre , before departing for Belfast . |