"When my mother was expecting me, she was expecting a boy to come along in January.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

But many investors were expecting that to happen even after the budget deal in Washington.

VOA: special.2011.08.12

"If there's one lesson that we've learned, it's that unfettered market where people are taking huge risks and expecting taxpayers to bail them out when things go sour is simply not acceptable."

VOA: special.2010.04.16

He seems to be expecting trouble.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

Interior Ministry spokesman Zamary Bashary tells VOA News authorities had been expecting the government center of Logar province to be targeted by the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan says when H1N1 appeared her agency was expecting an event similar to the 1918 pandemic, which killed 50 million people.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

Until now, both the ruling March 14th coalition and the Hezbollah-led opposition have been running neck in neck in opinion polls and analysts were expecting the results of parliamentary elections to be extremely close.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

That translates into "Unfortunately, despite the most recent indicators that suggest the recovery may be in sight somewhat earlier than we were expecting only a few months ago, it will take far for the recovery to materialize in terms of significant improvement in the labor market,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16