Example sentences of "was expected [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was after five-thirty on a Friday night , and Tom was expected at any minute . |
| 2 | In fact , however , new disappointments followed on Hitler 's confident promises : the bombing , almost unimpeded by German defences , intensified ; the situation on the eastern Front worsened almost by the day ; and in the west an invasion was expected at any time . |
| 3 | Coutts had been informed that a cheque for $6m was expected at any moment from MGM films in America — payment for the distribution rights of Electric Dreams . |
| 4 | In 1976 the figure was set at 20,000 , and it was expected in that year that the figure would not exceed 15,000 in the following and subsequent years . |
| 5 | Does the right hon. Gentleman recall telling the House that a rise in inflation was expected in these months for what he called ’ technical reasons ’ shortly after the Prime Minister told the country that the Government had inflation licked ? |
| 6 | Subservience was expected by all levels of employer , titled or otherwise , and Marie Thwaites was one of a number of young men and women who were packed off to a life which was not only unacceptable by today 's standards , but hardly believable . |