Example sentences of "[verb] expect some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd expected some Chart Show clothes horses purveying diluted Techno , not an androgynous keyboardist , a commanding dancer and the mad hatter MC who 'd just as soon sing the praises of spliff as he 'd stare out the crowd , bug-eyes in effect . |
| 2 | Fighting back tears , his 50-year-old widow Sam said : ‘ He gave his life to British Airways and could have expected some support from them . |
| 3 | Nor does cran — seem to carry any meaning into newly coined forms : we can make sense , for instance , of billy-giraffe and nanny-giraffe by analogy with billy-goat and nanny-goat , and also of foot the fees ; but creations like cranbeads and bilbeads convey nothing , although one might have expected some interpretation such as ‘ small round red beads ’ and ‘ small round purple beads ’ . |
| 4 | Normally , I would n't care two hoots , but having come home unexpectedly , and with the thought of our marriage dazzling me , I 'm so happy that I keep expecting some obstacle to turn up . |
| 5 | He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour . |
| 6 | Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one ! |
| 7 | They had expected some throwing of stones and worse from whatever straggle of peasants ventured down from the hills to the banks , and that they received . |