Example sentences of "[vb pp] of [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because I am married , you see , mama had my governess explain to me about marriage — of what is expected of one in the marriage bed . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't find that difficult , that 's really expected of me as part of the caring . |
| 3 | I was looking forward to the chance to meet ‘ our ’ health visitor and find out what would be expected of me in the months leading up to the birth . |
| 4 | " Well , mother explained to me what was expected of me in the marriage bed and it sounded so terrifying . |
| 5 | I am quite clear what is expected of me in my job . |
| 6 | I could do what was expected of me by the crowd , or I could do what he trusted me to do . |
| 7 | He had brought with him reading that was expected of him during this vacation , works on sociology and on linguistics and some where these two studies converged , but these were not the sort of books one much wanted to read under the hot sun and the influence of wine . |
| 8 | Paul had done less well than had been expected of him at Balliol , not through his own fault . |
| 9 | And if he involved himself in military activity , he would simply have been discharging the martial duty expected of him as royal liberator . |
| 10 | He was a bachelor , and this was certainly expected of him by his colleagues . |
| 11 | Much is expected of him by India 's neighbours , whose relations with New Delhi deteriorated in the last two years of Rajiv Gandhi 's government . |
| 12 | In fact , I remember Mr Simpson , the landlord of the Ploughman 's Arms , saying once that were he an American bartender , he would not be chatting to us in that friendly , but ever-courteous manner of his , but instead would be assaulting us with crude references to our vices and failings , calling us drunks and all manner of such names , in his attempt to fulfil the role expected of him by his customers . |
| 13 | Before Lord George obtained this command , however , his inability to render the services expected of him by some of the family 's political friends was a liability , and was seen as such by Montrose , who wrote with some anxiety to deny allegations that the son of another gentleman of the region was serving in Lord George 's ship , but was on board the flagship of the admiral . |
| 14 | In this way , the organisation does its best to ensure that the employee is likely to be able to meet the requirements expected of him in the job abroad . |
| 15 | He learned English in order to deliver the lectures expected of him in his new post . |
| 16 | An SBU or divisional manager will be motivated to seek appropriate investments if he knows clearly what the generic strategy for his SBU is ( he would presumably have participated in determining it ) , is aware of what is expected of him in terms of building or maintaining competitive strengths , and knows that early-warning indicators will be set up to monitor how his investments are contributing to the improvement or maintenance of those specific strengths . |
| 17 | If the ‘ qualified driver ’ does not do what can be reasonably expected of him regarding these duties the learner could be said to be not under supervision . |
| 18 | As described earlier , Brown and his colleagues ( 1986a ) have argued that they now have good evidence that the prior existence of a close supportive relationship is protective against depression if that person provides the support expected of them at the time of a crisis . |
| 19 | We had next to none when I was at drama school and young actors need to know more about what will be expected of them on film sets and television studios . |
| 20 | Often this is because they fail to understand what is expected of them under the broad , general duties of the Health and Safety at Work Act . |
| 21 | I asked my friends who have had au pairs what they 'd expected of them in the kitchen . |
| 22 | Most media professionals appear to know what is expected of them in their various organisations , each of which has different political backers , and the media product tends to be created accordingly . |
| 23 | Theoretically one can have the best materials taught by the best teachers , but although a number of films have been made , and probably will continue to be made , they have not had the success that was expected of them in the fifties . |
| 24 | The process by which colleagues are kept informed may differ from what is expected of them in building up either a school development plan or a scheme of quality assurance . |
| 25 | Justices who exercise this delicate jurisdiction are under a statutory duty to carry out the inquiry expected of them by the Children Act 1989 . |
| 26 | Both managers said they would assess managerial competence by a person 's ability to achieve the goals expected of them by the organisation . |
| 27 | Formal education was shelved , which was a relief , because the unctuous kind of diligence expected of her at school had convinced her that she was both stupid and sinful . |
| 28 | Try to relate the interim end-result of everything you do , decide or say to the overall profitable contribution expected of you at the year 's end . |
| 29 | Bad behaviour was expected of you in those times . |
| 30 | Part Three — Conduct — lists in detail what is expected of you in your dealings with the public and your colleagues . |