Example sentences of "expect some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What with John 's new fitness programme , and the salutary Atlantic air and everything , I myself expected some kind of halfhearted renewal . |
| 2 | Anyway , at Stevenage Town Hall we told Ralph that we expected some money for these . |
| 3 | Her eyes appraised him and her thin fingers were spread towards him fan-wise , it was clear she expected some money . |
| 4 | She expected some fury but none was forthcoming and she glanced across at him to find his eyes were fixed on the mountains , his face sombre . |
| 5 | And Bell said : ‘ I expected some trouble but not on this scale — they acted like animals . |
| 6 | I did n't say anything , though the way he had said it made it clear he expected some comment . |
| 7 | Perhaps he expected some protest from Constanza , a declaration , perhaps he hoped for it . |
| 8 | They would press for the international allocation of quotas , as well as mail and air freight , and expected some Commonwealth and European support . |
| 9 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 10 | He smiled and lifted his champagne glass to his lips and Ruth expected some sort of challenge thrown out but none came and a strange feeling percolated inside her , almost disappointment , but she shooed away the notion . |
| 11 | I half expected some floosie to open it but no , it was Charles . |
| 12 | Expect some waiting during busy periods , and to guarantee a day or half day on the water you should book a day or two ahead . |
| 13 | Expect some caution in the first 15 minutes , until the players are warmed up and have judged the mood and tempo of the game . |
| 14 | If we work extra hard for our employers we expect some kind of reward in return . |
| 15 | The A34 just south of Newbury is still down to a single lane due to the roadworks there , between the Swan roundabout and Sandalford roundabout and the A41 London road in Bicester has roadworks by the level crossing , temporary traffic lights there , expect some congestion which is reasonably bad at the moment , but it is beginning to clear in both directions . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're now asking them to accept a revised model and we expect some opposition . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But if they do n't , if they break it or that then er they expect some trouble . |
| 20 | He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The situation was complicated by the fact that a further United Kingdom election was expected some time during the autumn . |
| 26 | An official bulletin was expected some time after the consultation . |
| 27 | Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one ! |
| 28 | Examples are too numerous to list , but a particularly telling one from members of our own profession , where one might expect some awareness , can serve . |
| 29 | As for Mark Crowe , the Argus sport and nature ramble hack , well , I thought I could expect some loyalty there . |
| 30 | Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none . |