diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/FluentScanner/ExpressionExtensionsTests.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/FluentScanner/ExpressionExtensionsTests.cs
index 38cb16a0..056fb917 100644
--- a/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/FluentScanner/ExpressionExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/FluentScanner/ExpressionExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -29,21 +29,40 @@ protected string[] InheritedArrayInput2
 
     public class ExpressionExtensionsTests : BaseClass
     {
+        private class ContainerType
+        {
+            public int Target { get; set; }
+
+            public string Target2 { get; set; }
+
+            public ContainerType SubContainer { get; set; }
+
+            public override string ToString()
+            {
+                return Target2;
+            }
+        }
+
         class ClassUnderTest
         {
             public void MethodWithoutArguments()
             {
-                
+
             }
 
             public void MethodWithInputs(int input1, string input2)
             {
-                
+
             }
 
             public void MethodWithArrayInputs(int[] input1, string[] input2)
             {
-                
+
+            }
+
+            public void MethodWithInputs(ContainerType subContainer)
+            {
+
             }
         }
 
@@ -89,6 +108,8 @@ string GetInput2(string someInput)
             return someInput + " Input 2";
         }
 
+        ContainerType container = new ContainerType();
+
         [Test]
         public void NoArguments()
         {
@@ -96,11 +117,13 @@ public void NoArguments()
             Assert.That(arguments.Length, Is.EqualTo(0));
         }
 
-        void AssertReturnedArguments(object[] arguments, object expectedArg1, object expectedArg2)
+        void AssertReturnedArguments(object[] arguments, params object[] expectedArgs)
         {
-            Assert.That(arguments.Length, Is.EqualTo(2));
-            Assert.That(arguments[0], Is.EqualTo(expectedArg1));
-            Assert.That(arguments[1], Is.EqualTo(expectedArg2));
+            Assert.That(arguments.Length, Is.EqualTo(expectedArgs.Length));
+            for (int i = 0; i < expectedArgs.Length; i++)
+            {
+                Assert.That(arguments[i], Is.EqualTo(expectedArgs[i]));
+            }
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -132,14 +155,14 @@ public void InputArgumentsProvidedUsingProperty()
             var arguments = GetArguments(x => x.MethodWithInputs(Input1, Input2), new ClassUnderTest());
             AssertReturnedArguments(arguments, Input1, Input2);
         }
-        
+
         [Test]
         public void InputArgumentsProvidedUsingInheritedFields()
         {
             var arguments = GetArguments(x => x.MethodWithInputs(InheritedInput1, InheritedInput2), new ClassUnderTest());
             AssertReturnedArguments(arguments, InheritedInput1, InheritedInput2);
         }
-        
+
         [Test]
         public void InputArgumentsProvidedUsingMethodCallDoesNotThrow()
         {
@@ -150,14 +173,14 @@ public void InputArgumentsProvidedUsingMethodCallDoesNotThrow()
         public void ArrayInputsArgumentsProvidedInline()
         {
             var arguments = GetArguments(x => x.MethodWithArrayInputs(new[] { 1, 2 }, new[] { "3", "4" }), new ClassUnderTest());
-            AssertReturnedArguments(arguments, new[] {1, 2}, new[] {"3", "4"});
+            AssertReturnedArguments(arguments, new[] { 1, 2 }, new[] { "3", "4" });
         }
 
         [Test]
         public void ArrayInputArgumentsProvidedUsingVariables()
         {
-            var input1 = new[] {1, 2};
-            var input2 = new[] {"3", "4"};
+            var input1 = new[] { 1, 2 };
+            var input2 = new[] { "3", "4" };
             var arguments = GetArguments(x => x.MethodWithArrayInputs(input1, input2), new ClassUnderTest());
             AssertReturnedArguments(arguments, input1, input2);
         }
@@ -176,6 +199,33 @@ public void ArrayInputArgumentsProvidedUsingProperty()
             AssertReturnedArguments(arguments, ArrayInput1, ArrayInput2);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void ComplexArgument()
+        {
+            container.Target = 1;
+            container.SubContainer = new ContainerType { Target2 = "Foo" };
+
+            var arguments = GetArguments(x => x.MethodWithInputs(container.Target, container.SubContainer.Target2), new ClassUnderTest());
+            AssertReturnedArguments(arguments, 1, "Foo");
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ComplexArgument2()
+        {
+            container.SubContainer = new ContainerType { Target2 = "Foo" };
+
+            var arguments = GetArguments(x => x.MethodWithInputs(container.SubContainer), new ClassUnderTest());
+            AssertReturnedArguments(arguments, container.SubContainer);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ComplexArgumentWhenContainerIsNull()
+        {
+            ContainerType nullContainer = null;
+            var arguments = GetArguments(x => x.MethodWithInputs(nullContainer.SubContainer), new ClassUnderTest());
+            AssertReturnedArguments(arguments, new object[] { null });
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void ArrayInputArgumentsProvidedUsingInheritedProperty()
         {
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/FluentScanner/FluentWithExamples.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/FluentScanner/FluentWithExamples.cs
index 86750423..da8d6e04 100644
--- a/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/FluentScanner/FluentWithExamples.cs
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/FluentScanner/FluentWithExamples.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using ApprovalTests;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using ApprovalTests;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Shouldly;
 using TestStack.BDDfy.Reporters;
@@ -31,6 +32,22 @@ public void FluentCanBeUsedWithExamples()
             Approvals.Verify(textReporter.ToString());
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.NoInlining)]
+        public void ExampleTypeMismatch()
+        {
+            var ex = Should.Throw<UnassignableExampleException>(
+                () => this.Given(() => WrongType.ShouldBe(1), "Given i use an example")
+                    .WithExamples(new ExampleTable("Wrong type")
+                                      {
+                                          new object(), 
+                                          new object[] { null }
+                                      })
+                    .BDDfy());
+
+            ex.Message.ShouldBe("System.Object cannot be assigned to Int32 (Column: 'Wrong type', Row: 1)");
+        }
+
         private void AndIUseA(string multiWordHeading)
         {
             multiWordHeading.ShouldBeOneOf("", "val2");
@@ -44,7 +61,7 @@ private void GivenADifferentMethodWith(string prop2)
 
         private void GivenADifferentMethodWithRandomArg(int foo)
         {
-            
+
         }
 
         private void ThenAllIsGood()
@@ -63,6 +80,7 @@ private void GivenMethodTaking__ExampleInt__(int exampleInt)
             exampleInt.ShouldBeInRange(1, 2);
         }
 
+        public int WrongType { get; set; }
         public int Prop1 { get; set; }
         private string _prop2 = null;
         private string multiWordHeading = null;
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/StepScanners/Examples/ExampleValueTests.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/StepScanners/Examples/ExampleValueTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28b0acde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/Scanner/StepScanners/Examples/ExampleValueTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Shouldly;
+
+namespace TestStack.BDDfy.Tests.Scanner.StepScanners.Examples
+{
+    public class ExampleValueTests
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void CanFormatAsStringTests()
+        {
+            new ExampleValue("Header", null, () => 0).GetValueAsString().ShouldBe("'null'");
+            new ExampleValue("Header", 1, () => 0).GetValueAsString().ShouldBe("1");
+            new ExampleValue("Header", new Object(), () => 0).GetValueAsString().ShouldBe("System.Object");
+            new ExampleValue("Header", new[] {1, 2}, () => 0).GetValueAsString().ShouldBe("1, 2");
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests.csproj b/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests.csproj
index 1400d110..2d1ce722 100644
--- a/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests.csproj
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests/TestStack.BDDfy.Tests.csproj
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Scanner\FluentScanner\InlineAssertions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Scanner\ReflectiveScanner\ReflectiveWithExamples.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Scanner\StepScanners\Examples\ExampleTableTests.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Scanner\StepScanners\Examples\ExampleValueTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Scanner\WhenStepScannerFactoryAsyncMethods.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\CustomProcessor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\BatchProcessorsTests.cs" />
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/Html/ClassicReportBuilder.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/Html/ClassicReportBuilder.cs
index 74cd5f8a..cf43d5ee 100644
--- a/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/Html/ClassicReportBuilder.cs
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/Html/ClassicReportBuilder.cs
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ private void AddExampleRow(Scenario scenario, Result scenarioResult)
             {
                 AddLine(string.Format("<td><Span class='{0}' style='margin-right:4px;' /></td>", scenario.Result));
                 foreach (var exampleValue in scenario.Example.Values)
-                    AddLine(string.Format("<td>{0}</td>", HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(exampleValue.GetValue(typeof(string)))));
+                    AddLine(string.Format("<td>{0}</td>", HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(exampleValue.GetValueAsString())));
 
                 if (scenarioResult != Result.Failed)
                     return;
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/Html/MetroReportBuilder.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/Html/MetroReportBuilder.cs
index 9c4018e4..1a0c96e2 100644
--- a/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/Html/MetroReportBuilder.cs
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/Html/MetroReportBuilder.cs
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ private void AddExampleRow(Scenario scenario, Result scenarioResult)
             {
                 AddLine(string.Format("<td><Span class='{0}' style='margin-right:4px;' /></td>", scenario.Result));
                 foreach (var exampleValue in scenario.Example.Values)
-                    AddLine(string.Format("<td>{0}</td>", HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(exampleValue.GetValue(typeof(string)))));
+                    AddLine(string.Format("<td>{0}</td>", HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(exampleValue.GetValueAsString())));
 
                 if (scenarioResult != Result.Failed)
                     return;
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/TextReporter.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/TextReporter.cs
index 30cc176a..1793ce70 100644
--- a/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/TextReporter.cs
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy/Reporters/TextReporter.cs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ private void WriteExamples(Scenario exampleScenario, IEnumerable<Scenario> scena
                     ? null
                     : string.Format("Step: {0} failed with exception: {1}", failingStep.Title, CreateExceptionMessage(failingStep));
 
-                addRow(scenario.Example.Values.Select(e => (string)e.GetValue(typeof(string))), scenario.Result.ToString(), error);
+                addRow(scenario.Example.Values.Select(e => e.GetValueAsString()), scenario.Result.ToString(), error);
             }
 
             foreach (var row in rows)
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/ArgumentCleaningExtensions.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/ArgumentCleaningExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4564c2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/ArgumentCleaningExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace TestStack.BDDfy
+{
+    internal static class ArgumentCleaningExtensions
+    {
+        internal static object[] FlattenArrays(this object[] inputs)
+        {
+            return inputs.Select(FlattenArray).ToArray();
+        }
+
+        public static object FlattenArray(this object input)
+        {
+            var inputArray = input as Array;
+            if (inputArray != null)
+            {
+                var temp = (from object arrElement in inputArray select GetSafeString(arrElement)).ToArray();
+                return string.Join(", ", temp);
+            }
+
+            if (input == null) return "'null'";
+
+            return input;
+        }
+
+        static string GetSafeString(object input)
+        {
+            if (input == null)
+                return "'null'";
+
+            return input.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Examples/ExampleValue.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Examples/ExampleValue.cs
index d86cc03b..cfcc8bde 100644
--- a/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Examples/ExampleValue.cs
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Examples/ExampleValue.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public object GetValue(Type targetType)
             var stringValue = _underlyingValue as string;
             if (_underlyingValue == null)
             {
-                if (targetType.IsValueType && !(targetType.IsGenericType && targetType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof (Nullable<>)))
+                if (targetType.IsValueType && !(targetType.IsGenericType && targetType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(Nullable<>)))
                 {
                     var valueAsString = string.IsNullOrEmpty(stringValue) ? "<null>" : string.Format("\"{0}\"", _underlyingValue);
                     throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Cannot convert {0} to {1} (Column: '{2}', Row: {3})", valueAsString, targetType.Name, Header, Row));
@@ -49,10 +49,20 @@ public object GetValue(Type targetType)
             if (targetType.IsEnum && _underlyingValue is string)
                 return Enum.Parse(targetType, (string)_underlyingValue);
 
-            if (targetType == typeof (DateTime))
+            if (targetType == typeof(DateTime))
                 return DateTime.Parse(stringValue);
 
-            return Convert.ChangeType(_underlyingValue, targetType);
+            try
+            {
+                return Convert.ChangeType(_underlyingValue, targetType);
+            }
+            catch (InvalidCastException ex)
+            {
+                throw new UnassignableExampleException(string.Format(
+                    "{0} cannot be assigned to {1} (Column: '{2}', Row: {3})", 
+                    _underlyingValue == null ? "<null>" : _underlyingValue.ToString(),
+                    targetType.Name, Header, Row), ex, this);
+            }
         }
 
         public bool ValueHasBeenUsed { get; private set; }
@@ -61,5 +71,10 @@ public override string ToString()
         {
             return string.Join("{0}: {1}", Header, _underlyingValue);
         }
+
+        public string GetValueAsString()
+        {
+            return _underlyingValue.FlattenArray().ToString();
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Examples/UnassignableExampleException.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Examples/UnassignableExampleException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f374c272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Examples/UnassignableExampleException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace TestStack.BDDfy
+{
+    [Serializable]
+    public class UnassignableExampleException : Exception
+    {
+        public UnassignableExampleException(string message, Exception inner, ExampleValue exampleValue) : base(message, inner)
+        {
+            ExampleValue = exampleValue;
+        }
+
+        protected UnassignableExampleException(
+            SerializationInfo info,
+            StreamingContext context) : base(info, context)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public ExampleValue ExampleValue { get; private set; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Fluent/ExpressionExtensions.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Fluent/ExpressionExtensions.cs
index edad581a..afe96c04 100644
--- a/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Fluent/ExpressionExtensions.cs
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/Fluent/ExpressionExtensions.cs
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ private static IEnumerable<object> ExtractConvertibleTypeArrayConstants(NewArray
 
         private static IEnumerable<object> ExtractArguments<T>(ConstantExpression constantExpression, T value)
         {
-
             var expression = constantExpression.Value as Expression;
             if (expression != null)
             {
@@ -220,7 +219,26 @@ private static IEnumerable<object> ExtractConstant(MemberExpression memberExpres
 
         private static IEnumerable<object> ExtractPropertyValue<T>(MemberExpression expression, PropertyInfo member, T value)
         {
-            return new[] { member.GetValue(value, null) };
+            var memberExpression = expression.Expression as MemberExpression;
+            if (memberExpression != null)
+            {
+                var extractArguments = ExtractArguments(memberExpression, value);
+                try
+                {
+                    return new[]
+                       {
+                           member.GetValue(extractArguments.Single(), null)
+                       };
+                }
+                catch (TargetException)
+                {
+                    return new object[] {null};
+                }
+            }
+            return new[]
+                       {
+                           member.GetValue(value, null)
+                       };
         }
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/StepScannerExtensions.cs b/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/StepScannerExtensions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 45f20e4b..00000000
--- a/TestStack.BDDfy/Scanners/StepScanners/StepScannerExtensions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-
-namespace TestStack.BDDfy
-{
-    internal static class StepScannerExtensions
-    {
-        internal static object[] FlattenArrays(this object[] inputs)
-        {
-            var flatArray = new List<object>();
-            foreach (var input in inputs)
-            {
-                var inputArray = input as Array;
-                if (inputArray != null)
-                {
-                    var temp = (from object arrElement in inputArray select GetSafeString(arrElement)).ToArray();
-                    flatArray.Add(string.Join(", ", temp));
-                }
-                else if (input == null)
-                    flatArray.Add("'null'");
-                else
-                    flatArray.Add(input);
-            }
-
-            return flatArray.ToArray();
-        }
-
-        static string GetSafeString(object input)
-        {
-            if (input == null)
-                return "'null'";
-
-            return input.ToString();
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TestStack.BDDfy/TestStack.BDDfy.csproj b/TestStack.BDDfy/TestStack.BDDfy.csproj
index f63b56f3..67d992fd 100644
--- a/TestStack.BDDfy/TestStack.BDDfy.csproj
+++ b/TestStack.BDDfy/TestStack.BDDfy.csproj
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\Examples\Example.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\Examples\ExampleTable.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\Examples\ExampleValue.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\Examples\UnassignableExampleException.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\Fluent\FluentApi.cs">
       <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
       <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\MethodName\MethodNameMatcher.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\MethodName\MethodNameStepScanner.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\StepActionFactory.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\StepScannerExtensions.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\ArgumentCleaningExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Scanners\StepScanners\StepTitleException.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Scanners\StoryAttributeMetadataScanner.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StoryNarrativeAttribute.cs" />