Example sentences of "and [pron] [be] expect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clockwatching has no place and everyone is expected to work as long as is necessary to do the job — and to do so without complaint . |
| 2 | I suppose we say it 's a nightmare — it gets a little bit electrifying to me because Chelsea is the accolade of the world and everyone 's expecting their best at Chelsea and which we attempt to do every year . |
| 3 | These parties of mine have become something of an institution , and I am expecting a large number of people to come in and give their comments on the results in various constituencies . |
| 4 | ‘ Andy is in good shape and I 'm expecting him to go all the way this year ’ . |
| 5 | It seems to me she makes all the rules and I 'm expected just to carry them out and still be responsible . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose he 's got flu now and I 'm expected to manage as usual with only half of you here . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're going to give orders , and I 'm expected to jump ? ’ |
| 8 | Says Catherine ‘ My flatmates and I were expecting the return of our £780 deposit when we were told the agency had gone bankrupt . |
| 9 | Fabien and I were expected to marry — well . |
| 10 | Er then er S Sun that 's Saturday , then Sunday erm I er the surgeon wa was coming in about er lunch time , roundabout lunchtime , and I was expecting to go after that and prior to that , I did n't know she was coming , one of the nuns , it was i I was in the convent |
| 11 | He was not ‘ the one ’ and I was expected to drop him forthwith . |
| 12 | The European programme is , like the US Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile ( GOSIP ) effort , mandatory , and its is expected that most government buyers will follow the guidelines because they will have to give and explain reasons for non-standard purchases . |
| 13 | The decisions , tantamount to a significant downgrading of COMECON ( as also indicated by a sharp staff reduction at the Moscow secretariat ) , and which were expected to be approved at a future summit meeting , were the outcome of an undertaking made at the summit meeting in January [ see p. 37202 ] to review existing COMECON arrangements to allow for the wider operation of market principles . |
| 14 | ‘ You are the expert , and you are expected to know . ’ |
| 15 | Suppose , for example , you have a thirty-minute session in the video room , once a month , and you are expected to show a twenty-minute documentary during that time . |
| 16 | The bakery , and you 're expecting a delivery , especially like on produce , and then you have to go off , or something like that , get people stacking right up . |
| 17 | And you 're expecting dad to spend that as well ? |
| 18 | And the command is in four parts erm and you 're expected to write in what those four parts are . |
| 19 | ‘ Because I told her we were lovers and you were expecting me , and you have too much compassion in your make-up to get the girl reprimanded when she believed she was acting in your best interests , min søde Gina . ’ |
| 20 | In particular we shall discuss the nature of the evaluative activity being required , the type of analysis expected , the value issues involved in a review , the process of review suggested , and who is expected to carry it out . |
| 21 | Er she has bought her own surgery in er Smethwick , but she comes from er , sh she 's married , she 's got one son and she 's expecting another baby any day now . |
| 22 | And she is expected to accelerate restructuring . |
| 23 | Her only outing since when she scored in a canter by five lengths at Haydock has proved that debut form all wrong and she is expected to win again in the Ballymacoll Stud Stakes . |
| 24 | Another lady that I met was suffering from the elephant man 's disease ; her husband had recently died and she was expecting a baby . |
| 25 | So she had left her native Ireland with a new , gentle man and she was expecting a baby . |
| 26 | She was a successful and sought-after actress , happily married to professional footballer Lee Chapman and she was expecting their first , much-wanted child . |
| 27 | Another grandmother , while ‘ an unwearying entertainer ’ to her grandson , ‘ a familiar friend , ever kind — too indulgent ’ , was a less welcome guest to his parents , for whom her presence was ‘ not an altogether blessed arrangement ’ , and she was expected to retreat from the parlour to her own room upstairs well before the master of the house returned from work . |
| 28 | There has been no announcement regarding Europe and none is expected . ’ |
| 29 | These have taken somewhat longer than we anticipated but we are at last making good progress towards agreeing prices for the Eurojet contract and we are expecting to receive more acceptable price quotations from Eurofighter very shortly for their part of the work . |
| 30 | Two new stores have opened already and we are expecting to achieve stronger results in all area . |