Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] expect [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a Scot , I was expected to take New Year 's Day as leave rather than Christmas . |
| 2 | You soon realise that you 're expected to play straight man , but it 's hard to complain . |
| 3 | She is expected to place great emphasis on Britain 's contribution to controlling the hole in the ozone layer and global warming . |
| 4 | We were expected to have enough initiative to overcome the physical problems , maybe when the streets were under water or covered in snow , to get to our appointment on time . |
| 5 | In addition they are expected to spend more time on Art and Design History and Theory and on Management and Administration . |
| 6 | Mobility for women who make up 45 per cent of the labour force involves little choice once they reach the 25–30 age group when they are expected to take temporary retirement into marriage . |
| 7 | Because of this , the only shock that can disturb current prices from the value they are expected to take next period is a relative demand shock . |
| 8 | No-one in the Liverpool dressing room is left in any doubt as to the standards they are expected to achieve each time they are selected . |
| 9 | IBM and Sybase Inc have cooked up a co-development/co-marketing deal revolving around the RS/6000 that they 're expected to announce this week . |
| 10 | Whereas young men as a matter of course would study the classics , women would be instructed in painting , music , dancing , modern languages , or other accomplishments , but rarely would they be expected to achieve real competence Indeed , a learned woman was likely to experience difficulty finding a husband , and education might cease to be any advantage . |
| 11 | Unisys Corp has signed up to use Univel Inc 's UnixWare as the operating system on those iAPX-86-based U 6000 workstations and entry-level servers it 's expected to introduce this spring : the agreement is said to mark the start of a close strategic alliance between the pair . |
| 12 | Ultimately , it is expected to provide overnight accommodation for up to 30 volunteers . |
| 13 | Salim leaves them , takes off on the first of a series of ‘ flights ’ , and treks to the interior , to a country which appears to be compounded of the Congo and of Uganda , in order to earn a living from a store which he has acquired from a man whose daughter he is expected to marry one day . |
| 14 | They divorced after 20 years of marriage and he is expected to marry 37-year-old heiress Charlotte Morrison , Britain 's second richest woman . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He was expected to miss six week 's play . |
| 17 | He was expected to keep good order ; that is to say , to see that offenders were punished , that evil-doers went in fear of him , that disputes over land were settled in an orderly manner ; and personally to supervise his royal court . |