Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] expect [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered if I was expected to buy the next round as well . |
| 2 | They were expected to support the M-19 coalition . |
| 3 | But why would someone who recognised that they were expected to derive the contextual implication that B did n't do the reading go on to produce the utterance in [ 15c ] ? |
| 4 | They were expected to attend the urban celebrations of the great festivals and took part in the pageantry and the festivities . |
| 5 | There was no doubt that they were expected to admire the former and scorn the latter ; anyone misguided enough to get the preference the wrong way round , would be regarded as at best naïve and misguided , and at worst corrupted in sensibility . |
| 6 | They were expected to recognize the national competitive importance of research and institutional efficiency , as formalized by the introduction of new postgraduate degrees ( especially the Ph.D. ) , and by the standardization of their administrative , faculty , and departmental structures . |
| 7 | A running board was the information given to the driver of what , where he was expected to run , what time he was expected to leave the various termini . |
| 8 | European observers very often exaggerated his importance , however ; and the fact that he was expected to accompany the grand vizier on campaign in wartime often drastically reduced his influence on negotiations with foreign diplomats in Constantinople . |
| 9 | ( That the government was ready for a strike was a widespread interpretation of its appointment of Ian MacGregor to chair the NCB from September 1983 on ; MacGregor chaired British Steel in 1980–1 , a period encompassing its major dispute , and was believed responsible for the major cuts in job levels ; it was assumed that he was expected to achieve the same in the coal industry . ) |