Example sentences of "[pers pn] be expected to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am expected to be present where there is beer flowing . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I tell thee I ai n't got a bleedin' farthing and even if I had I 'm expected to be working . |
| 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 | But you are expected to be competent with such material even if you feel this is not what you would eventually choose to work with . |
| 7 | If you are tall you are expected to be more ‘ adult ’ and have more duties put upon you . |
| 8 | Lodgings/digs These are generally unpopular with most students because of cost , set meal times and general restrictions — such as the number of baths allowed — and the times by which you are expected to be home and in bed ! |
| 9 | More generally , the fact that literary studies is sometimes thought of as a general training in thinking and writing means that you are expected to be able to control how you write — in particular , that you are able consistently to use a particular appropriate register . |
| 10 | I think the only drawback in that was , it 's been discuss , that , if you are dealing with money here you are expected to be , but I ca n't see that 'll make any difference because we 're not tied to National cost at the bazaar are we ? |
| 11 | But , generally speaking , you 're expected to be a self-starter at college . |
| 12 | I would say that the criteria that 's that 's sent out at the moment is is far too strict for the lot , a lot of women and at the moment you 're expected to be skeletal , whereas th , you can very well be thirteen stone and anorexic it 's , it depends on your attitude towards food . |
| 13 | Erm as with many , many parts of the Gospel you 're expected you 're expected to be able to look more deeply than on the surface . |
| 14 | She 's expected to be identified tomorrow . |
| 15 | She is expected to be seen only briefly as she steps from her wedding car — a four wheel drive Range Rover — into the church . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A friend once remarked : ‘ We are expected to be living sacrifices , but the problem is we keep crawling off the altar . ’ |
| 19 | So we know what sort of times we 're expected to be sort of selling raffle tickets and |
| 20 | But , wherever we went , whatever we did , we were accompanied by the innate , subconscious awareness that we were expected to be grateful . |
| 21 | There is a time when they are expected to be looked after by family , friends and neighbours because they are too overcome to cope by themselves . |
| 22 | They never get a day off , nobody thinks of letting them go off on a training course , they never get the chance to keep up and yet they are expected to be the fount of all knowledge . |
| 23 | They are expected to be issued with a writ tomorrow giving them two weeks to leave the premises . |
| 24 | A search-light may scan the sky looking for aeroplanes or it may move to that part of the sky where they are expected to be . |
| 25 | This financial year , they are expected to be just over £1 billion — about one half of 1 per cent . |
| 26 | They will be unable to consummate their marriage until around the turn of the century , when they are expected to be released . |
| 27 | They are expected to be released as soon as UN monitoring officers cross the frontline to bring them back to Tuzla . |
| 28 | They 're expected to be allowed home tomorrow , counting themselves very lucky . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |