Examples of 'they had expected' in a sentence
Meaning of "they had expected"
they had expected: refers to a past situation where someone had a certain belief or assumption about something that ultimately turned out to be different
How to use "they had expected" in a sentence
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they had expected
They had expected to find some bodies.
That word was what they had expected.
They had expected their request to be granted.
It was lighter inside than they had expected.
They had expected to be in the east.
The protesters said they had expected to be arrested.
They had expected to be able to continue to live in their homeland.
The planet was not what they had expected.
They had expected a fight.
Helen wants to buy what they had expected.
They had expected stronger results for this year.
This was not the music they had expected to hear.
And they had expected prices in certain commodities to fall.
The place was even worse than they had expected.
Maybe they had expected.
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The project was completed twice as quickly as they had expected.
They had expected an attack from the much closer east coast.
What they found was better than they had expected.
But they had expected the war to be won before the onset of winter.
They are facing stiffer resistance than they had expected.
They had expected someone who would clean things up and make life easier.
This was not the baby they had expected.
So they had expected to do very well in Georgia.
But the toys did not sell as quickly as they had expected.
And they had expected him to be the one to redeem Israel.
And they did have occasion sooner than they had expected.
They had expected Jesus to liberate them from political oppression.
They spotted far fewer animals than they had expected.
They had expected the first US landing to be on the main island of Luzon.
They found nothing even close to what they had expected.
They had expected almost everything would have come from Asia.
This could not be more different from what they had expected.
Nevedovsky had a majority as they had expected and he was now Marshal of the Province.
Young men felt insecure about the patriarchal roles they had expected to fill.
They had expected an ambush from the Indians and had hidden in the forest.
Their plan works perfectly and the prices go down just as they had expected.
The besiegers had more problems than they had expected at the start of the siege.
But soon they find themselves in a much bigger adventure than they had expected.
They had expected the father to compromise his beliefs and say that Caesar was Lord.
Most people report that this test is not nearly as uncomfortable as they had expected.
They had expected the first US landing.
Scientists are already seeing some of these changes occurring more quickly than they had expected.
They had expected to use the Aurora with Shackleton as its captain.
Lin Feng was stronger than they had expected.
They had expected to liberate Rome by Christmas.
Francesco and Nino were won over faster than they had expected.
Yet they had expected to find the Salt Lake Valley largely unoccupied.
O Their intimidation and stress levels were higher than they had expected.
Well, what they had expected never happened.
Life in their new home of Israel was not as easy as they had expected.
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Then we knew we had the wrong guy
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Examples of using Expected
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It is expected that fewer enumerators will be required
Near blizzard conditions expected by midnight tonight
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