Example sentences of "[pers pn] was expect [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered if I was expected to buy the next round as well . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( 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 . ) |
| 7 | He was expected to superintend a grand banquet looking like this . |
| 8 | Widely regarded as the ANC 's most able negotiator , he was expected to play a key role in talks with the government . |