Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] expect [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe that was why this picture just would n't work : she was expected to produce a suitable work in return for the fellowship that was supposed to be paying her just to paint . |
| 2 | Just four days after completing a 30-hour journey from Edinburgh to Darwin they were expected to overcome a nine-hour time difference and temperatures in the 90 's to beat a Northern Territories Invitation XV . |
| 3 | It 's also telling people it was expecting to have an installed Windows 3.1 base of more than 8m systems at the end of ‘ 92 . |
| 4 | He was expected to superintend a grand banquet looking like this . |
| 5 | Widely regarded as the ANC 's most able negotiator , he was expected to play a key role in talks with the government . |