The phrase "actually expected that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing assumptions or predictions about a situation or outcome.
Example: "Given the circumstances, I actually expected that the project would face some delays."
Alternatives: "truly anticipated that" or "genuinely thought that".
CBS actually expected that reaction, and underscored the show's promise by handing it the best time period in television for a new comedy: Monday at 9 30, after "Two and a Half Men".
"We actually expected that Saddam was going to order mass chemical weapons attacks against our people, and that if thousands ended up being killed, we might then have reason to try him for war crimes," a senior White House official told me.
They actually expected that you can be in government, take all of these decisions whilst at the same time people outside of that arena would have the right to attack and kill police officers.
When I talked to Sergei Brin, he actually expected that I would be moving to Silicon Valley, and then when I said I would be staying in Spain he asked me to name one major tech company that came out of Spain.
Howes actually expected that a woman would reach the Oval Office before one took the speaker's gavel in the House.
"I actually expect that most of our work will fail to have an impact, and that is part of doing high-risk philanthropy well," Ms. Tuna said.
As any fan of "The Vampire Diaries" knows, you have to be ready for anything -- to expect the unexpected -- but was anyone actually expecting that?
"The main thing that baffles and angers me about Christians is how they can understand so little about human nature that when, in their fervor to convert another person, they tell that person (as they inevitably do, in one way or another), 'You're bad, and wrong, and evil,' they actually expect that person to agree with them.
Extremely pervasive as well as loaded slogans like "Hurmat-e-Rasool per Jaan be qurban hai" (for the honor of the Prophet (PBUH) we are ready to sacrifice our lives) actually expects that honor of the Prophet (PBUH) should be protected even if one has to give his/her life.
"We actually expect that estimate for noise to be too low," Hänninen says, because the researchers did not include all known health end points for noise exposure, such as hypertension and heart disease.
"We're actually expecting that he'll be assigned to one of the southern Nevada prisons".
