Example sentences of "expect some [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 3 | If we work extra hard for our employers we expect some kind of reward in return . |
| 4 | He had expected some kind of tart from Les Halles and found a respectable Jewish matron in an unbecoming colour . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Being right in line with the posts we had expected some sort of obstacle to look round but not a moving one ! |
| 7 | Clearly , we could expect some sort of boundary indication , such as a pause , to occur long before the end of this utterance . |
| 8 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 9 | A national survey has shown one in 15 schools can expect some sort of fire . |
| 10 | ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |
| 12 | You may be expecting some kind of platform game with bouncing mushrooms but instead you need a fair bit of brain power too ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Kuwait was trying to reassert its pre-Gulf war position and Saudi Arabia was expecting some sort of show of compromise , ’ one analyst said . |