Example sentences of "[pers pn] was expect [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | In addition it was expected to increase the supply of emergency food aid passing across the Ethiopian border into Sudan , to regions facing a severe threat of mass starvation , and to refugees camps around the Sudanese capital , Khartoum , where refugee numbers were swollen by the influx from drought-ridden and war-torn rural areas . |
| 3 | It was expected to reduce the state 's total emissions of air pollutants by about 5 per cent , or 1,435 tonnes per day . |
| 4 | It always made him sick when he was expected to watch the turkey-killings . |
| 5 | Now it surprised him that he was expected to declare the pattern and intention behind it all in order that others could understand . |
| 6 | He was expected to get the crosses in from the left and get back to cover the left of defence . |
| 7 | At one stage he was expected to make the breakthrough to mainstream popularity . |