Example sentences of "[be] expect some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We 're expecting some students to get merit .
2 It would be just like Sipotai to attempt overwhelming force , and he had been expecting some kind of reaction ever since he had issued the order for Vortai 's herds to be culled .
3 It had been expecting some trouble on May 23th , the anniversary of China 's annexation of Tibet in 1951 .
4 You may be expecting some kind of platform game with bouncing mushrooms but instead you need a fair bit of brain power too !
5 Evidently the employers were expecting some hostility , as the reminiscences of one elderly compositor suggest : " back in the 70s …
6 and he 's expecting some people to come round for his Legos .
7 Some people were shocked although it was expected some people are devastated .
8 The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn .
9 An official bulletin was expected some time after the consultation .
10 His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’
11 ‘ Kuwait was trying to reassert its pre-Gulf war position and Saudi Arabia was expecting some sort of show of compromise , ’ one analyst said .
12 She was expecting some supper .
13 You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter .
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