Example sentences of "[pers pn] be expect [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er then er S Sun that 's Saturday , then Sunday erm I er the surgeon wa was coming in about er lunch time , roundabout lunchtime , and I was expecting to go after that and prior to that , I did n't know she was coming , one of the nuns , it was i I was in the convent |
| 2 | Inevitably , this reputation as a man of letters militated against his artistic reputation ; in England , you are expected to excel at one thing only , if that . |
| 3 | How could she be expected to cope with stupid computers that had n't the wit to understand a simple error , or calculators that came up with the wrong numbers ? |
| 4 | ‘ She 's expected to behave in certain ways because she 's royalty and I 'm not . |
| 5 | when he or she is expected to adhere to general rules of conduct , what might be called the family 's ‘ standing orders ’ . |
| 6 | She had the awful feeling she was expected to behave in some glittering , unusual way to live up to her father 's memory . |
| 7 | ’ . Under Para 10 , the Royal Botanic Gardens are specifically mentioned , so it is clear that we are expected to comply with this Directive . |
| 8 | In 24 hours , night-time included , we were expected to climb on five different cliffs in three different ranges . |
| 9 | In 1987 school fees rose by an average of 11 per cent as compared with an inflation rate of 4.1 per cent , but despite higher fees the independent schools are growing by about 6,000 pupils a year , and by the end of the century they are expected to account for 8.5 per cent of the school population . |
| 10 | It is expected to close in five years . |
| 11 | It is expected to arrive in early September and will take part in the Autumn Steam Gala on Saturday , Sunday , September 26 and 27 together with a selection of Great Western locomotives . |
| 12 | Dividend growth last year was 10.3 p.c. in France and although it is expected to slow in 1992 , will recover to similar levels in 1993 , according to Mr Rooney . |
| 13 | He is expected to play in both games — Against the United States and Costa Rica . |
| 14 | He was expected to practise for several hours a day , but was entrusted to supervise his own timetable . |