Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] expect [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was anticipated that the rains which were expected in May would slow the government 's military campaign , as they had done in previous years . |
| 2 | ‘ Darling , this is Miss Huntley , who was expecting to lunch with Angela today . |
| 3 | Henry ( Harry ) Tremayne Markham , who was expected around November 1st , was born in London on October 11th . |
| 4 | But often the- when they were in small houses where they had to do everything , erm they tended to find that they were they were expected to sort of skivvy much more . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Also it was expected of Rangers to attend divine worship . |
| 7 | It was expected in Kit 's house that there would be some period of study after supper , most nights at any rate . |
| 8 | Which is odd , because he was expected in Italy on Monday , apparently . ’ |
| 9 | North understood what was expected of people entrusted with secrets . |
| 10 | However , this is not what was expected from Study 1 where recall seemed to be strongly related to ratings of subjective risk . |
| 11 | The rigidity of what was expected from children in terms of compliance to religious and moral ideologies could have no more perfect expression than in the two small late 18th century carved wooden figures of the Blue Coat Schoolboy and Schoolgirl which until recently were to be found in All Saints Church , Maidstone . |