The foreign ministers had expected to take up the question of how Europe and Asia could cooperate to pull the world's economy out of the downturn it has fallen into since the global financial crisis began.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

Miss Simone wrote that it was expected she would perform to show them what their money had produced.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

Hussein Abebe was expected to tell the court that he had sold explosives to Mr.Ghailani.

VOA: special.2010.11.20

They had not expected to win so much,so quickly.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

He had expected her to know it.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Mr.Carr had expected Alfred's mother to come in nervously,shaking with fear, asking with wet eyes for a mercy for he son, but no,she was most calm and pleasant and was making Mr.Carr feel guilty.

VOA: special.2010.09.11

A month earlier,twenty-six year old Zamperini had been one of the greatest runners in the world, expected by many to be the first to break the four-minute mile, one of the most celebrated barriers in sport.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

Tourism industry officials expect visitor arrivals to fall to about one million less than had been expected, because of the protests.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Few had expected India's Reserve Bank to be the first to buy the International Monetary Fund's gold.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Few analysts had expected his cabinet choices to win such broad approval, especially after his controversial re-election, following the disputed June 12 election.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

IATA had expected the loss to shrink this year to around $5 billion.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Speaking to local media, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said intelligence agencies had expected attacks on security sites in the country and that authorities will remain on high-alert.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The president's top political aide says President Obama has had to take unpopular action to deal with an economic crisis far worse than anyone expected when he took office.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

He said he acted because a court case was expected to force the release of the documents anyway and because much of the secret information had already been leaked to the news media.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Ty Lawson added 22 more and Tyler Hansbrough had 18 points and 11 rebounds as the overpowering North Carolina squad cruised to the 83-69 win and an expected berth in Monday night's championship game against Michigan State.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05