Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] expect [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was expected to double de-clutch , better for the gear box , and to talk my way through signs and observations . |
| 2 | when I was a boy of fifteen you were expected to half acre of neeps in the day . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the new baronet lived in India and no instructions from him were expected for many months . |
| 4 | The peers also consulted the judges on occasion and when they did so in 1614 over the long-debated matter of the right of the King to tax through ‘ impositions ’ without Parliamentary approval , Coke took the view that the judges should not be required to give an opinion ‘ on the ground that they were expected in judicial course to speak and judge between the King 's majesty and his people , and likewise between His Highness 's subjects , and in no case to be disputants on any side ’ . |
| 5 | In 1976 the figure was set at 20,000 , and it was expected in that year that the figure would not exceed 15,000 in the following and subsequent years . |
| 6 | Dennis eventually went off with her on his own , leaving Nicholson to return alone to their hotel where he acted out some kind of ritual guarding of their rooms , ready to forewarn of an attack he was expecting at any moment from some non-existent Red Indians . |