Example sentences of "[pron] be expect [verb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am expected to do most of the work including taking care of him ( the mentally retarded boy ) which is very hard with all my school-work too . |
| 2 | Though the move could help to speed up investment in a few large projects , there were fears last night that the sudden change in the offshore tax system could hit the bulk of the smaller oil and gas projects which were expected to provide most of the work for the offshore supply industry over the next few years . |
| 3 | City of London Telecommunications — or COLT — has already started construction of the network , which is expected to go on-line towards the end of the year . |
| 4 | Mr Brownhut said he had no idea why anyone should want to upset the show , which is expected to attract thousands of spectators from all over the province . |
| 5 | The store is a further boost to the Post Office 's network of shops across the country which is expected to total 300 within five years . |
| 6 | Later , it was to take on consultative functions ; in practice , most observers expected it to act as a clearing house for mutual trade between its members , which was expected to remain important for some years , and to co-ordinate east European policy toward the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 7 | Details of the new force , which was expected to become operational by the end of 1994 , revealed that it would consist of three elements : a Rapid Reaction Force consisting of a multinational corps under UK command ; Main Defence Forces consisting of six multinational corps ( two under German command , one each under US , Netherlands and Belgian command and another under rotating German and Danish command ) ; and Augmentation Forces or reserves . |
| 8 | The organization for the event fell to Sybille , who was expected to invite some of her friends and family to lend an authentic French air to the proceedings . |
| 9 | This ‘ Doyler ’ fellow talks about the break-up of his marriage as though we 're expected to feel sorry for him , rather than cracking open a jerobaum of Bollinger , and saying ‘ you did the right thing there , my man . |
| 10 | They are expected to raise hundreds of pounds in sponsorship for the special care baby unit at the Friarage Hospital , Northallerton . |
| 11 | If the receptors for acetylcholine were all the same , agents which blocked any of them were expected to block all of them . |
| 12 | Now their 2,000-strong collection has been sent to Christie 's , where it is expected to make hundreds of thousands of pounds . |
| 13 | Instead , he is expected to surrender one-third of the Championship and opt for some easy money . |
| 14 | In 1982 he had helped to found the anti-apartheid United Democratic Front ( UDF ) [ see also p. 33895 ] , and he was expected to remain active in politics . |