Example sentences of "[pron] was expect [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second half I was expecting to see a lot more action from Leeds at the Leeds fans end part of the ground . |
| 2 | played rather a dirty trick on me because he did n't tell me that I was expected to make a speech . |
| 3 | Baika , which was still at the drawing board stage when the Japanese surrendered on September 2 , 1945 was to have been powered by a Maru athoyd ( pulse-jet ) which was expected to give the aircraft a top speed of 366mph in level flight , depending on warhead size ( between 220lb and 550lb ) . |
| 4 | Experts attributed the fall to a range of short-term factors , including a usual seasonal slump ( following a period of peak consumption at Christmas and at the Chinese New Year ) combined with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan ( during which trading was traditionally subdued in Middle Eastern countries ) , selling by central banks in Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics , and the lifting of the ban on gold imports by the Indian government ( which was expected to reduce the price of gold in that country , one of the world 's major importers ) . |
| 5 | The continuing crisis of confidence among US savings and loan institutions ( mutual funds , or " thrifts " ) was temporarily relieved on March 14 , as the House of Representatives accepted a compromise proposal from the administration for the provision of some $30,000 million of interim funding for the industry , an amount which was expected to secure the situation for six months . |
| 6 | Bond resigned as chairman and director of Bond Corporation on Sept. 26 , 1990 , a move which was expected to pave the way for agreements on key refinancing arrangements . |
| 7 | Every week she was expected to clean the house right through and make the dinners , while the grandmother had her outing to Edinburgh : ‘ she had jist t'come in and sit doon like a lady . ’ |
| 8 | The white woman knew she was expected to offer a solution , some medical advance that would undo the damage to her friend 's body , to her life . |
| 9 | In the long hours when there were no customers to show she was expected to lend a hand with some of the unskilled tasks — running errands and making tea , unpicking a seam or a hem , even sewing on a button or a hook and eye when she had been taught the proper way to do it . |
| 10 | He entered the room with the pop-eyed , lock-jawed expression of one who was expecting to hear a death-sentence from his commanding officer , but he cracked into smiles of various kinds when he heard we were to be his proteges . |
| 11 | Mr Kelly , who was expected to paint the portraits of the IRA trio killed by the SAS in Gibraltar and possibly the IRA fugitive Joseph Doherty , was arrested upon arrival from Ireland . |
| 12 | That system was both perceived and expected to perform three related functions : through election to the House of Commons it was expected to produce a government ; through a purportedly democratic franchise and mode of election , it was expected to confer legitimacy upon the government to govern , subject to the approval of Parliament ; and , through facilitating a choice between parties propounding specific programs , it was expected to influence public policy , the party in government carrying through the promises embodies in its election manifesto . |
| 13 | In addition it was expected to increase the supply of emergency food aid passing across the Ethiopian border into Sudan , to regions facing a severe threat of mass starvation , and to refugees camps around the Sudanese capital , Khartoum , where refugee numbers were swollen by the influx from drought-ridden and war-torn rural areas . |
| 14 | It was expected to reduce the state 's total emissions of air pollutants by about 5 per cent , or 1,435 tonnes per day . |
| 15 | It was expected to co-ordinate a process of consensus-building by holding meetings throughout the country involving maximum public participation . |
| 16 | He was expecting to lodge an appeal with the Barcelona authorities . |
| 17 | He was expecting to become a country parson on his return to Britain , and was only assigned to the Beagle expedition through the recommendations of professor Henslow , his mentor . |
| 18 | He was expected to set an example in knightly exercises , and to show a personal example of prowess in war , although he and his enemies were sufficiently prudent to value him more highly alive than dead , so that a crowned king was rarely killed in battle . |
| 19 | He was expected to own a lighter , but he even had no matches . |
| 20 | It always made him sick when he was expected to watch the turkey-killings . |
| 21 | The king of England was indeed emperor in his own kingdom , but he was expected to swear an oath of homage and fealty to another sovereign or princeps et dominus superior . |
| 22 | He was expected to name a coalition government with congressional support . |
| 23 | Now it surprised him that he was expected to declare the pattern and intention behind it all in order that others could understand . |
| 24 | He was expected to get the crosses in from the left and get back to cover the left of defence . |
| 25 | At one stage he was expected to make the breakthrough to mainstream popularity . |