Example sentences of "[adv] expect some " in BNC.
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| 1 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 2 | So expect some big changes to the type of tackle you will see at different events over the coming years . |
| 3 | This Christian Socialist , dedicated to equal shares and to soaking the rich ( who included his own family ) , was accepted and frostily admired as an incorruptible thorn in the nation 's conscience , forever reminding them that there was no jam today and they could only expect some tomorrow if they had earned it . |
| 4 | It paused , obviously expecting some kind of shocked reaction . |
| 5 | The firm works to relatively short product life-cycles , but still expects some learning to occur . |
| 6 | Granted the intriguing premise , one might reasonably expect some attempt to probe the morality of a privatised police force , and of a society which allows someone like Kuffs to buy and use firearms as casually as he does here , but no . |
| 7 | He said that officials had now halved their projections of the number of Soviet Jews set to arrive in 1991 , and now expected some 200,000 , or only slightly more than in 1990 ( 185,000 ) . |
| 8 | Might we now expect some clarification regarding Trident . |
| 9 | ‘ Then he 'll surely expect some sort of explanation from me , ’ Harry said quietly . |
| 10 | This is not to overlook , however , the fact that the parties to these relationships , may legitimately expect some form of sexual gratification from their partners and should have grounds for complaint if it were denied . |
| 11 | I bought it today expecting some figures but have n't found any yet . |
| 12 | I half expected some floosie to open it but no , it was Charles . |
| 13 | I was half expecting some serious , mumbling classical music type , but instead I found an intelligent and lively personality whose last opera was a portrait of American comedian Jack Benny . |
| 14 | She reached down and , for a moment , Pete was half expecting some response ; a stag , perhaps , breaking the surface of the lake and climbing out to her , water streaming from its flanks as it came to her hand . |