Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] expect to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was expecting to be smelled and heard , but not seen . |
| 2 | Well I was expecting to be when I got there . |
| 3 | There was little time for dalliance when we came out from Sunday School as I was expected to be home for tea at half-past four . |
| 4 | From quite an early age I was expected to be somewhere around . |
| 5 | ‘ When I was at home , I was expected to be submissive , obedient and totally dependent on my parents . |
| 6 | She was expecting to be pinned down by a concentrated bout of gunfire to give the German a chance to retreat but instead the second sniper swung his FN FAL on the unsuspecting German and gunned him down . |
| 7 | Whilst poor Millie , far from playing cello concertos at the Festival Hall , or leading archaeological expeditions to Asia Minor , or whatever she was expected to be doing by this time , is … |
| 8 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 9 | When we were er were living all on the road so we were expecting to be supplied by vans . |
| 10 | But , wherever we went , whatever we did , we were accompanied by the innate , subconscious awareness that we were expected to be grateful . |
| 11 | The party 's spin-doctors had remained sceptical about the polls , but they were expecting to be able to argue that the Conservatives had lost their mandate , even if they were clinging to power in a hung parliament . |
| 12 | ‘ The public were placed in fear when they were expecting to be shopping peacefully . |
| 13 | Those who attempted to manage the political affairs of a county or district of burghs had not only to contribute towards any public project in their area , they were expected to be the leading subscribers , and it mattered little whether or not they agreed with the project in view . |
| 14 | Women and girls were not expected to go off after work and sing in choirs or play games — they were expected to be at home catching up on household chores . |
| 15 | In experiments on rats it has been shown that where experimenters expected rats to be maze-bright , the rats fulfilled their expectation and where they were expected to be maze-dull the rats also fulfilled expectations . |
| 16 | They were expected to be decorative and subservient . |
| 17 | They were due to be escorted to Croatia where they were expected to be handed over , possibly later today , to British consular officials . |
| 18 | They were expected to be discharged last night . |
| 19 | And it was expected to be successful . |
| 20 | It was expected to be ready for operations by 1 May with a strength of two troops . |
| 21 | Higher-than-expected entitlements levels , according to the Congressional Budget Office , is one of the main reasons why the deficit is bigger than it was expected to be in the 1990 budget agreement . |
| 22 | While this change was designed to attract investment from domestic sources as well as more foreign capital , it was expected to be particularly welcomed by Japanese , South Korean and Taiwanese companies . |
| 23 | It was expected to be months before a government could be formed . |
| 24 | When we first began to meet and talk in 1963 , he was expecting to be offered a Cabinet post in education if Labour won and he could keep in step for long enough . |
| 25 | If he was expecting to be well in the clear at lunchtime , he was mistaken , Blackmoor 's own Paul Tupper carding a marvellous 66 , with seven birdies . |
| 26 | She realized he was expecting to be dodging gunfire . |
| 27 | There he was expected to be in one of the top three places — and first is better than third ! |
| 28 | As a Governor he was expected to be continually generous , and it seemed he was always having to spend more money than he could afford . |
| 29 | As a leading man in films he was expected to be nothing other than purely masculine . |
| 30 | He was expected to be allowed home in 24 hours . |