Example Sentences

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But few will have expected Hamilton to struggle the way he has.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Some will see the cut as positive, and some will have expected much more, Mori said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2020

Readers will have expected rather more of a denouement.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2019

“People on both sides of the argument will have expected that to be reported to parliament,” he said.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2017

But it might mean that a lot of those franchises won’t be worth quite the fortunes their then-owners will have expected.

From Time • Oct. 5, 2012