Example sentences of "[pers pn] be expect [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I am expected to maintain the image of an angling guru , and all too frequently this uncomfortable mask slips ; generally leaving me red-faced with embarrassment , furiously attempting to devise some semi-acceptable excuse for rampant stupidity or lack of skill . |
| 2 | I 'm expected to foot the bill . |
| 3 | Second half I was expecting to see a lot more action from Leeds at the Leeds fans end part of the ground . |
| 4 | played rather a dirty trick on me because he did n't tell me that I was expected to make a speech . |
| 5 | ‘ These fraudsters will give you enough information to make you greedy and that 's when you are ready to be scammed because you are expecting to make a fortune . ’ |
| 6 | If you were expecting to find a neck something akin to a telegraph pole with one side levelled off , you 'd be pleasantly surprised — this is an extremely comfortable and well-shaped laminate of mainly flamed maple . |
| 7 | ‘ You see , Roger , ’ he commented , ‘ you were expected to take the road to Dover whilst I was bound for Scotland . |
| 8 | Anna 's academic ability does not match her social skills which are outstanding , she is expected to gain a grade E in history at A level with the possibility of a D in law . |
| 9 | Every week she was expected to clean the house right through and make the dinners , while the grandmother had her outing to Edinburgh : ‘ she had jist t'come in and sit doon like a lady . ’ |
| 10 | The white woman knew she was expected to offer a solution , some medical advance that would undo the damage to her friend 's body , to her life . |
| 11 | In the long hours when there were no customers to show she was expected to lend a hand with some of the unskilled tasks — running errands and making tea , unpicking a seam or a hem , even sewing on a button or a hook and eye when she had been taught the proper way to do it . |
| 12 | Similarly we are expected to understand the distinction between Atlantis qua actually existing and the idea of Atlantis as conceived by this , that or other person , writer , scholar . |
| 13 | In year two we 're expecting to make a profit of one point five million . |
| 14 | But since reorganization it 's become much more diverse and we 're expected to do a lot more different things . ’ |
| 15 | John rather 's expectations regarding the amounts , they 're very ambitious indeed and I ca n't speak for Salisbury Park but if we 're expected to pay a share of any alterations and so forth erm it would be very difficult for us to meet that commitment . |
| 16 | We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently . |
| 17 | ‘ If you ask the players to perform to the extent that they are expected to entertain the public , they you must pay them as entertainers ’ , was the way former Ireland coach Jimmy Davidson summed up the situation . |
| 18 | Of these , 18 per cent feel they are expected to take a bank 's advice without question . |
| 19 | They are expected to use a diversity of job search methods and to keep records of their job-seeking activities which they have to show when interviewed by an Employment Service counsellor . |
| 20 | It is a particularly difficult time for many as , on the one hand , they are being urged to make decisions about their future while , on the other , they are expected to toe the line both at home and at school . |
| 21 | Thus , among South American hunters and gatherers , women are actively excluded from hunting large animals , an occasional but highly valued activity , but , on the other hand , they are expected to supply the basis of daily sustenance through gathering of vegetable products , an activity which men affect to despise , but which is far more time consuming , and infinitely more important for subsistence . |
| 22 | It would be inconceivable for pop musicians or film stars to be charged with bringing their profession into disrepute , but footballers are different , they are expected to bear the burden of representing values that few individuals can live up to . |
| 23 | Rugby World Cup committee men plan to visit South Africa again in January , when they are expected to offer the Springboks an early chance to sign the host-nation agreement . |
| 24 | Today they were expected to visit the Play Resource Warehouse and Pilot 's Row Centre , before departing for Belfast . |
| 25 | Some engineers and managers , especially those coming from municipal employment , found the new salaries they were offered higher than their pre-vesting salaries , but others found that they were expected to take a cut . |
| 26 | The two people who found it are expected to receive the value of the brooch but it 's a very well preserved skull , I suppose it was all in mud an |
| 27 | How can he be expected to run the country when half his time is spent waiting for people who never turn up ? |
| 28 | The court sat all day , and it 's expected to make a decision on the loo next week . |
| 29 | Once expected by the end of last year , and the subject of technology demonstrations earlier this year , the exact scope of CICS/6000 is still not clear , but it is expected to include a number of technology elements from other vendors , including MicroFocus Cobol , parts of the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment ( DCE ) technology , and Transarc Corp 's Encina transaction processing software , developed with IBM 's backing . |
| 30 | It is expected to report a profits slump on April 14 . |