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We were expecting to blow them out of the gym and send them home early. But we're surrounded by a lot of rookies, and this is their first time in an arena like this. They had to calm down and let the game come to them.

We were expecting this to be a wet weekend, and the weather forecast is still bad so it's likely to be a tough weekend because we haven't done much wet testing this year. Spa is the best circuit in the world, and the most fun to drive, but the intensity of the rain can vary hugely so that can have a big impact on circuit conditions. Still, it will be the same for everyone. Last year I took pole in the wet here so we'll be hoping for a positive result.

We were expecting the yen to gain towards the end of the week, given that Fukui will speak tomorrow and with the U.S. trade data coming up on Friday.

We were expecting the worst and I think it's meeting those expectations for us at this point.

We were expecting there would have been an improvement on the cost synergy side. We still don't expect there will be benefits to the top line from the merger in 2006.

We were expecting them to focus on running McGahee but then that first series they passed their way down the field. It looks like he has all the tools.

We were expecting them to come back. They're a really good team, so I wasn't surprised.

We were expecting the level of competition to be much higher at this meet. And it was.

We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done.

We were expecting that from Natick the other night. I'm always impressed with Natick. We knew it would be very close. We were fortunate to win.

We were expecting such an escalation, and we will witness more in the next few weeks, ... We will deal with it and crush it.

We were expecting sales to remain in record territory today, not set new records, ... This really underscores the silver lining to clouds abroad.

We were expecting quite a bit more from the storm. It turned out to be much milder.

We were expecting penalties. We played well but we were punished at the end.

We were expecting more snow. I would rather deal with 19 inches of snow than this stuff.

We were expecting it to happen, but we didn't know exactly when. I thought it might be about another week.

We were expecting (it) to be strong but today's announcement is well ahead of expectations.

We were expecting it to be a closer game than what it was. But when you get in passing lanes like we did, I just don't think that they've played a defensive team like us yet. I think that played to our advantage and we took advantage of it and came out on top.

We were expecting it most of the game and the guys handled it well. We knew they had to make a choice and play one of them.

We were expecting him to log heavy minutes this year, so not having him was a big blow to us.

We were expecting him at the training camp in Johannesburg on Monday. When he failed to turn up we started making enquiries. Initially Baron indicated that he would arrive within 24 hours. Then came the turnaround that he was not coming at all.

We were expecting boilerplate, and this is well off boilerplate. We were wondering if they were going to pass or run, but instead they punted.

We were expecting boilerplate, and this is well off boilerplate, ... We were wondering if they were going to pass or run, but instead they punted.

We were expecting a zone of some type. We didn't execute well enough to get good shots. They got up on our shooters.

We were expecting a veto right off the bat from him. I think it's getting a lot of support.

We were expecting a plane of folks from FEMA, ... What we're doing now is working with families who have self-evacuated because they have friends, families here.

We were expecting a naval armada, but that hasn't happened.

We were expecting a kind of balancing out between rising business sentiment and consumer confidence, which we thought would slip, but in fact we have improved on both fronts.

We were expecting a good one. It's one of those games (that) could have went either way. Neither team let up. Both teams did everything they could. ... The girls hung in there. I was proud of them." ()

We were expecting a game exactly like this. It's the way we play Donegal every year, ... They always play us tough.

We were expecting a baby, but I never dreamed it would happen on New Year's.

We were expecting 25 or 30 students. Certainly the demand is there, we knew that. So we're just going to make sure we have everything we can to build a facility that can match their degrees.

While the latest signals suggest that U.S. economic activity should decelerate in coming months, consumers are not expecting this record-breaking economic expansion to end any time soon.

We've had a market where negative news on the economy and the corporate profit picture have dominated. Companies may have beaten lowered estimates, but we're expecting weak economic reports this week.

We already were expecting a 5,000-job decline in manufacturing employment in May.

There is a lot of strength at $60. We have tilted above and below that level for days now and so long as the weather holds mild, we will drift down, but I'm not expecting a freefall.

There is a lot of strength at $60, ... We have tilted above and below that level for days now and so long as the weather holds mild, we will drift down, but I'm not expecting a freefall.

Up until a week ago, companies had been running on expectations over fourth-quarter earnings. I don't think people are expecting anything bad. But more recently, it got to the point where these stocks ran up so much that a little profit taking ensued.

There is no sign of the economy slowing and that's bad for the Treasury market. We're not expecting any surprises from the Fed next week, which means we'll see another rate hike. Yields have not peaked.

There is still no explosive evidence. Jurors will be expecting prosecutors to dissect their testimony with a scalpel.

We had a good spring, we played a lot better than this. I know everybody's expecting good things with the new people in here, and you definitely don't want to start like this, but you put this one away and forget about this as quick as you can because it's a long season.

We had a good game and they had a bad day. This game was totally a surprise. I was expecting an overtime game.

We've got a lot of supply so that's putting Treasuries onto a bearish footing. People aren't expecting a good result from the auction and in the short term yields can push higher.

This was a big win. We have nothing to lose. No one is expecting us to do anything.

This was a beautiful home in an unbelievable location, so we were expecting a strong turnout. Obviously, the bidders agreed with us.

What I was expecting was a lot of weakness on the gross margin side, but that the revenue line would be reasonably decent. What it looks like here is the whole thing, top to bottom, is going to be quite weak.

We got a good block at the point of attack from Graham. Neal pulled and the safety came up and filled the gap quicker than we expected. That wasn't really the guy Neal was expecting to block but he saw him in the hole and reacted to it and dug him out of there. Matt and Logan (combination-blocked) the tackle up to (middle linebacker Danny) Clark. We didn't quite get Clark blocked, he got over the top, but he wasn't able to get enough on Corey to keep him out.

We go into most races expecting to win. I know that can't happen all the time, and when it doesn't we deal with that. We have strong enough teams to win conference championships this year.

We had a fourth-down play, but I figured we had them back on their heels passing, passing, passing and they wouldn't be expecting the run and it popped open for us, ... Antonio did a great job popping out of the back door.

We want to offer our fans and the members of MYSA a way to help out the victims of this disaster. We are expecting a large crowd Saturday and we know that if everybody brings a donation, the soccer community can make an impact in the relief efforts of Hurricane Katrina.

We knew coming in that we wanted to get the running game going. We were expecting the bad weather. We were happy about how we got the triple option moving in the second half, unfortunately it just wasn't enough.

Throughout the season we were expecting the calls to go down, the referees to stop calling the new rules. They kept it going all year.

You may have $100 in the bank and be expecting a 1099 for $1, but it says $1,000 because some computer had a bad day.

With holiday sales looking a little better than expectations and the Purchasing Managers Index up when we were expecting a decline, it's clear that the fear that many had that we had slowed down too far is unwarranted.

This year, it does not require a signature. It also does not require any estimated payment if you are expecting to owe money, so they can just pretty much obtain access to the form and go ahead and submit it.

What we are expecting is a blast of ash that will rise quickly up in the air tens of thousands of feet, form an ash column and then a big expanding ash cloud that will drift with the wind.

We've promoted the film heavily and our audiences are expecting it to be on. We will broadcast it.

We've practiced in all kinds of weather. Today, it's almost exactly the weather that we're expecting to have on game day. That's good.

We were optimistic and expecting some turnaround in the third quarter with strength in the fourth quarter. But what's happening is that the signs are so poor, we're not confident we're going to see that now.

What Bethel did today, that's something you've got to do all the time. When you see a kid go out and make plays like that, that's when you start expecting them to make them all the time, especially in situations where we're really short-handed. We've got to see that kind of performance out of him regularly. We know he can make the plays. I hope this means he turned the corner. We'll see what happens.

What did this guy do wrong? Was it having these views, or merely expressing them? Expecting journalists not to develop opinions, strong opinions even, goes against human nature and the particular nature of journalists.

What can help Intel is a corporate PC upgrade cycle. People have been expecting one for some time but it is yet to happen.

We sort of have a little target on our backs. Everyone is coming to get us. We go out every game expecting to have to play our hardest.

We sold it in the upfront under relative conservative circumstances, actually expecting that there would be a decrease in ratings.

We tried to experiment with new things like always. This season we tried to make them understated and not showy, much more discrete, and what the people are expecting these days.

We just want the opportunity to offer him to come and visit the game. We are in no way expecting a 100 per cent hit. The point is just to reach out to the celebrity community, some of which are already rabid hockey fans and some who we are trying to bring into the sport and have fun with it.

We weren't expecting to do that at all. It was unexpected, but we knew we had the kids to do it, and two of the guys were freshmen. We have five or six guys who can go in there.

We weren't expecting to come in here and run away from them. They played well. They had a good game plan. They used their height and we didn't shoot well.

We weren't expecting to be fired. Clearly, we are disappointed.

We weren't expecting this many. Our goal was 5,000. It's a good sign that people are coming out, that they want something to cheer for.

We weren't expecting them to play that long. We expected them to play half a game.

We weren't expecting the (1,600) to challenge for first. They had all run hard and they were tired, but I think the seniors kind of helped push the freshmen.

We weren't expecting that to happen so quickly. We were very happy with the decision.

We weren't expecting it but we'll take it. He's a first-year boy and everything thing he works on in practice is geared towards the legs.

We weren't expecting it, but there are always a few token nominations every year. There are a lot of those Class of 2005 angular guitar bands on the list and I'm pleased that we stand out as something completely different.

We weren't expecting a shutout, with them playing at home, and them having the No. 4 offense in the league. But once we saw we had the opportunity to get the shutout, that's what we were pushing for.

We weren't expecting anything that bad. Otherwise I probably would've packed a little differently.

We weren't expecting anything like $2.55, ... It's going to come out of cash reserves of whatever fund is connected (to each department.)

We weren't expecting a huge drop in filings, just that the system be more fair.

We weren't expecting a grand slam home run the first time around. We wanted a solid, line-drive single and that's what we got.

We moved down to 16.3 million in North America in '05, and I'm expecting about 16 million for 2006, so that's probably one of the main reasons.

We won, but none of us our satisfied with the way we're playing. Maybe, that's good. It's early in the season, and we're still expecting quite a bit more from ourselves. I feel like we're getting good play off and on. One game its one person. Another game it's another person. We need to get consistent, solid play out of everybody. Alivia (Mazura) had another great game. Dania had a very good game. Gidget ( Liz Eisenberg ) caused them some problems obviously.

With gas prices hitting record levels, consumers need to secure their fall and winter 2006 vacation now ... We are expecting an increase in fuel surcharges on international flights as well as domestic and Caribbean for the upcoming season. This will mark the third fuel surcharge that consumers will be subjected to in 2005 alone.

We are certainly expecting that for the next 20 years or so we will be in a cycle of more frequent and intense storms. There's going to have to be an adjustment in the industry.

We expecting a wolf expert to visit us at the end of the month.

We challenged him and have been expecting him to have this kind of game. Hopefully, this will jump start him.

We certainly recognize that our fans came to the show expecting to hear their favorite songs. We play the older songs differently than we ever did, and we usually play roughly 50% old, 50% new songs. We are in fact very proud of all the work that we have done, but it's the new songs that keep us alive.

We're going to be expecting that every play of every series in every game. We know they can do it now. So, we're going to demand it from them.

We're going into the weekend expecting to see price increases, no doubt about it, should the forecast with Rita pan out. There's no way to predict how much gas prices will be up for Rita.

USC was expecting me, but my whole family was surprised. People from my school are calling me because they thought I was going to A&M or Florida State. It's funny, but I'm a Trojan.

USC is a lot like we were. They're not expecting any difference in the outcome they've had in the previous 34 games.

We don't want to take the competitive edge off him because that's crucial to him, but we're expecting him to get streetwise and smarter.

You don't know if you should take everything out of your locker or do it the way you've been doing it ? leave certain things in your locker expecting to come back. Nobody knows who's going to be here, player-wise or coaching-wise.

You go to Spring Training every year expecting to win,

You go into a season expecting to contend for the Cup every year. We have a lot of positives on our team. We can't have any big letdowns in the season. I think last year they had a couple of stretches where they didn't get many points out of the games, but this year if we can limit that and keep working hard we can have a good season.

You go in expecting to win the game, and you wind up losing and losing by 20. It wasn't our best defensive or offensive day. We didn't have it today.

You find out what you're made of in a game like this. Your young kids grow up quickly. This is a great rivalry, and I'm expecting nothing less than another great game.

This one will be more potent than usual. We're expecting weather to deteriorate on Tuesday starting in the morning over Nova Scotia.

This one was a changeup. The other one was a slider, both down and in. You never go up expecting to hit the ball out, but I'm a low-ball hitter.

This one crushes me personally because all the things that I wanted him to improve on he was improving on, and it was happening sooner than I expected, ... I was really expecting him to come out of the bye just playing head and shoulders above expectations and was really looking forward to it. I saw it building.