Example sentences of "expect [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | He half expected to see some naked tourist in the corner , bound and gagged . |
| 2 | An unfinished coffin on black tressels , which stood in the middle of the shop , looked so gloomy and death-like that a cold tremble came over him , every time his eyes wandered in the direction of the dismal object : from which he almost expected to see some frightful form slowly rear its head , to drive him mad with terror . |
| 3 | The summit also resolved to create " a programme to support development efforts in the Arab and Islamic world " , by setting up a fund expected to total some US$15,000-20,000 million , with contributions to be set by Finance Ministers at a forthcoming meeting . |
| 4 | They placed bombs on two isolated aircraft and then headed for the hangars where they expected to find some worthwhile booty . |
| 5 | The numerous victims of their rapacity and greed had no reason to risk their necks for the king and his favourites ; nobles such as the king 's half-brother the Earl of Norfolk , who might have expected to enjoy some influence at court , hated the Despensers for their monopoly of the king 's presence ; and the heirs of the victims of 1322 had everything to gain from the overthrow of Edward 's regime . |
| 6 | Even so , expect to lose some of the fry despite these safeguards . |
| 7 | All told , BT had expected to invest some $100m in the three ventures . |
| 8 | Our estate agency loss has been reduced and we expect to see some improvement in this business as the housing market responds to lower interest rates . |
| 9 | With general interest in Australia running at a reasonably high level in Japan , the exhibition is expected to attract some 250,000 visitors . |
| 10 | Similar impressions are obtained from other examples of this type : ( 22 ) He did not want to be alone , and had expected to find some of his friends at the bar . |
| 11 | In Germany the total number of refugees from eastern Europe and from developing countries was expected to reach some 200,000 in 1991 . |
| 12 | The force would eventually form part of the overall UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia ( UNTAC ) , whose numbers were expected to reach some 10,000 by mid-1992 . |
| 13 | Students taking degree courses involving field work ( eg Architecture , Ecology , Geography , and Geology ) can incur expenses of £200 plus , spread over the three , four or five years of the course , but can in most cases expect to receive some help from University funds in meeting these . |
| 14 | On the other hand , the group of verbs which occur with predicate qualifiers will be expected to exhibit some degree of compatibility with the noun phrase element of the structure which they govern , although this does not imply that they have to make exactly the same sort of sense when they occur with that phrase alone as they do when the adjective is present , for the very reason that the adjective provides the syntactic-semantic condition under which the relation between the verb and its object holds ; compare leave the items and leave the items date-stamped . |
| 15 | That letter almost sounds like we us around this table are expected to choose some of the sites . |
| 16 | Maryland was organized as a late and formal version of the feudal system , the Virginian way of life was always expected to reflect some memories of the heirs of the Elizabethan gentlemen and seadogs who had launched it , and Massachusetts and the other New England colonies that emerged from it retained a moral earnestness that sometimes survived the loss of the faith that had initially inspired the earnestness . |
| 17 | While Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa were expected to accrue some of the black support which would otherwise have gone to Wilder , the principal beneficiary of Wilder 's withdrawal seemed likely to be front-runner Bill Clinton , who had won considerable black support in his five campaigns for the governorship of Arkansas . |
| 18 | Expected to comprise some 3,000 lots , the art , accumulated in the late 1950s and 1960s , will include a significant amount of good quality if not exactly highly refined eighteenth-century French furniture . |
| 19 | Furthermore , as already noted , there will be extensive central control of local authorities who will be expected to surrender some of their responsibility for direct provision of services . |
| 20 | For the first time , every pupil at Key Stage 1 is expected to cover some history ( see Box 1 ) . |
| 21 | Japan was expected to announce some new wetlands sites for protection at the meeting , but there was speculation that these would only cover small parts of the areas in need of conservation . |
| 22 | Certainly , the habituation process described in Chapter 2 will be engaged during the first stage of a latent inhibition experiment and might be expected to play some part in determining the outcome . |
| 23 | They are expected to win some 100 seats straight off in the first round of voting , and the Socialists none . |
| 24 | Promix is now the main product offering from Ross and is expected to generate some £15m sales in the UK this year , as opposed to £8m last year . |
| 25 | As was the custom , such applicants were expected to do some work in exchange for shelter in the sleeping cell and for their food , and such work was at the discretion of the labour master . |
| 26 | You could be expected to do some of these things , but not all . |
| 27 | Every school at Key Stage 2 is expected to do some local history . |
| 28 | The cuts , equivalent to a 2p reduction in the basic rate of income tax , are expected to replenish some of the consumers ' depleted ammunition . |
| 29 | The concession was expected to cost some NZ$440 million ( about US$240 million ) more than the government had planned for pensions . |
| 30 | The organization for the event fell to Sybille , who was expected to invite some of her friends and family to lend an authentic French air to the proceedings . |