"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

Still,many charities are not expecting an increase in donations anytime soon.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

We're still in our senior year of college, and these guys show up and they were totally expecting someone older in suits.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

"Because in a way I really was not expecting the type of problems that we face there."

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

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

They were expecting a much stronger intervention by Obama last year,in 2009, when Obama stepped back from his demand for a complete settlement freeze and this led Palestinians to feel betrayed and abandoned."

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

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