Example sentences of "[was/were] expect some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidently the employers were expecting some hostility , as the reminiscences of one elderly compositor suggest : " back in the 70s … |
| 2 | Some people were shocked although it was expected some people are devastated . |
| 3 | The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn . |
| 4 | An official bulletin was expected some time after the consultation . |
| 5 | His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Kuwait was trying to reassert its pre-Gulf war position and Saudi Arabia was expecting some sort of show of compromise , ’ one analyst said . |
| 7 | She was expecting some supper . |
| 8 | You see , she expected so much , always had , and now she was expecting some miracle to come to her through her daughter . |