Example sentences of "[pers pn] expect some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whenever I stand in the middle of a big field , ’ she said , ‘ I expect some harpy to come flying at me with a hockey stick . |
| 2 | I expect some people watching might think that wo wo football is a boy 's game , rather than a girl 's game , but of course that is n't the tradition is it ? |
| 3 | whatever you can , there 's no stipulation you 've got to do so many , you have to do whatever you can , but I expect some people can take them to work and just leave them on ca n't they ? |
| 4 | If we work extra hard for our employers we expect some kind of reward in return . |
| 5 | We expect some account of Sicilian civilization and resources , some description of the fortifications of Syracuse , the temples ( an index of prosperity ) of Akragas , or the revenues derived from the subjugated interior ; something , in fact , like Herodotus book ii , about Egypt , which introduced the invasion by the Persian king Kambyses . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're now asking them to accept a revised model and we expect some opposition . ’ |
| 7 | But if they do n't , if they break it or that then er they expect some trouble . |