Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] expect [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am expected to be present where there is beer flowing . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ When I was at home , I was expected to be submissive , obedient and totally dependent on my parents . |
| 3 | But you are expected to be competent with such material even if you feel this is not what you would eventually choose to work with . |
| 4 | More generally , the fact that literary studies is sometimes thought of as a general training in thinking and writing means that you are expected to be able to control how you write — in particular , that you are able consistently to use a particular appropriate register . |
| 5 | Erm as with many , many parts of the Gospel you 're expected you 're expected to be able to look more deeply than on the surface . |
| 6 | I would say that the criteria that 's that 's sent out at the moment is is far too strict for the lot , a lot of women and at the moment you 're expected to be skeletal , whereas th , you can very well be thirteen stone and anorexic it 's , it depends on your attitude towards food . |
| 7 | A friend once remarked : ‘ We are expected to be living sacrifices , but the problem is we keep crawling off the altar . ’ |
| 8 | But , wherever we went , whatever we did , we were accompanied by the innate , subconscious awareness that we were expected to be grateful . |
| 9 | The party 's spin-doctors had remained sceptical about the polls , but they were expecting to be able to argue that the Conservatives had lost their mandate , even if they were clinging to power in a hung parliament . |
| 10 | They were expected to be decorative and subservient . |
| 11 | In experiments on rats it has been shown that where experimenters expected rats to be maze-bright , the rats fulfilled their expectation and where they were expected to be maze-dull the rats also fulfilled expectations . |
| 12 | It 's expected to be available in the UK by the end of next month . |
| 13 | It 's expected to be some weeks before all the shops damaged in the arson attack can be re-opened . |
| 14 | It is expected to be available in volume in the fourth quarter at $21.65 for 10,000-up . |
| 15 | The X100 will use a modified version of the present XJS replacement , it is expected to be lighter , smaller and much more nimble . |
| 16 | It is expected to be operational with an office in Brussels early next year and although some doubts remain about the scope of the redefined Scotland Europa , the Council has agreed , in principle , to support the initiative . |
| 17 | He is expected to be dead by then but his action could open the way for thousands of similar cases worldwide . |
| 18 | He is expected to be able to vote in the crucial Maastricht Treaty referendum on Sunday . |
| 19 | He is expected to be resourceful , not to show initiative . |
| 20 | Johnny Jamieson picked up a first half knock in the 2– defeat by Portadown but he is expected to be fit in time for Saturday . |
| 21 | He is expected to be fit again within eight weeks , but faces regular physiotherapy and has been ordered to rest completely . |
| 22 | And it was expected to be successful . |
| 23 | It was expected to be ready for operations by 1 May with a strength of two troops . |
| 24 | The naked body of Diana Travers , his domestic servant , was found drowned at his wife 's Thames-side birthday party , a party at which he was expected to be present . |
| 25 | Four weeks ago a girl who worked for him , Diana Travers , was found drowned following a party given for his wife on her birthday , a party at which he was expected to be present . |