Example sentences of "[pers pn] was expect [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second half I was expecting to see a lot more action from Leeds at the Leeds fans end part of the ground . |
| 2 | played rather a dirty trick on me because he did n't tell me that I was expected to make a speech . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | That system was both perceived and expected to perform three related functions : through election to the House of Commons it was expected to produce a government ; through a purportedly democratic franchise and mode of election , it was expected to confer legitimacy upon the government to govern , subject to the approval of Parliament ; and , through facilitating a choice between parties propounding specific programs , it was expected to influence public policy , the party in government carrying through the promises embodies in its election manifesto . |
| 6 | It was expected to co-ordinate a process of consensus-building by holding meetings throughout the country involving maximum public participation . |
| 7 | He was expecting to become a country parson on his return to Britain , and was only assigned to the Beagle expedition through the recommendations of professor Henslow , his mentor . |
| 8 | He was expected to own a lighter , but he even had no matches . |
| 9 | He was expected to name a coalition government with congressional support . |