Example sentences of "were expect [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Husbands were expected above all to make regular contributions to the family exchequer . |
| 2 | Sixteen cases were expected during 1979-83 but 31 actually occurred . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the new baronet lived in India and no instructions from him were expected for many months . |
| 4 | when I was a boy of fifteen you were expected to half acre of neeps in the day . |
| 5 | Half of all foreign investment in eastern Europe reportedly went to Hungary in 1990 , amounting to an estimated sum of between $750 million and $1,000 million ; another $1,000 million were expected in 1991 . |
| 6 | The peers also consulted the judges on occasion and when they did so in 1614 over the long-debated matter of the right of the King to tax through ‘ impositions ’ without Parliamentary approval , Coke took the view that the judges should not be required to give an opinion ‘ on the ground that they were expected in judicial course to speak and judge between the King 's majesty and his people , and likewise between His Highness 's subjects , and in no case to be disputants on any side ’ . |
| 7 | In the latest report to become available , dealing with mortality at 10 years , eight deaths were certified as being from motor neurone disease while only three such deaths were expected from national rates . |
| 8 | You were expected by some telepathic way to know where to go , what to do . |