diff --git a/src/tests/types/expect.rs b/src/tests/types/expect.rs
index edac9be..bda028d 100644
--- a/src/tests/types/expect.rs
+++ b/src/tests/types/expect.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+use regex::Regex;
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum SqlExpectation {
+  Single(String),
+  Multi(Vec<String>),
+}
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ExpectBlock {
@@ -6,7 +15,7 @@ pub struct ExpectBlock {
   pub result: Option<serde_json::Value>,
   pub errors: Option<Vec<serde_json::Value>>,
   #[serde(default)]
-  pub sql: Option<Vec<String>>,
+  pub sql: Option<Vec<SqlExpectation>>,
 }
 
 impl ExpectBlock {
@@ -29,8 +38,7 @@ impl ExpectBlock {
       ));
     }
 
-    use regex::Regex;
-    use std::collections::HashMap;
+    let ws_re = Regex::new(r"\s+").unwrap();
 
     let types = HashMap::from([
       (
@@ -53,9 +61,18 @@ impl ExpectBlock {
     // Placeholder regex: {{type:name}} or {{type}}
     let ph_rx = Regex::new(r"\{\{([a-z]+)(?:[:]([^}]+))?\}\}").unwrap();
 
-    for (i, pattern_str) in patterns.iter().enumerate() {
-      let aline = &actual[i];
-      let mut pp = regex::escape(pattern_str);
+    for (i, pattern_expect) in patterns.iter().enumerate() {
+      let aline_raw = &actual[i];
+      let aline = ws_re.replace_all(aline_raw, " ").trim().to_string();
+
+      let pattern_str_raw = match pattern_expect {
+        SqlExpectation::Single(s) => s.clone(),
+        SqlExpectation::Multi(m) => m.join(" "),
+      };
+
+      let pattern_str = ws_re.replace_all(&pattern_str_raw, " ").trim().to_string();
+
+      let mut pp = regex::escape(&pattern_str);
       pp = pp.replace(r"\{\{", "{{").replace(r"\}\}", "}}");
 
       let mut cap_names = HashMap::new(); // cg_X -> var_name
@@ -96,7 +113,7 @@ impl ExpectBlock {
         Err(e) => return Err(format!("Bad constructed regex: {} -> {}", final_rx_str, e)),
       };
 
-      if let Some(captures) = final_rx.captures(aline) {
+      if let Some(captures) = final_rx.captures(&aline) {
         for (cg_name, var_name) in cap_names {
           if let Some(m) = captures.name(&cg_name) {
             let matched_str = m.as_str();