Sentence examples for counted on getting from inspiring English sources

On one side are younger voters who are championing cuts in spending; on the other, older ones who want to retain the services they counted on getting when they retired.

But no one associated with the federal buildings in California, Virginia and Washington counted on getting caught in the eddies of the hotly contested New York Senate race between Mr. Lazio and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

"We really have for many years counted on getting imports from the Pacific Northwest".

He had counted on getting the customary extension of another year, perhaps two, but the ceaseless battles with the Pentagon had precluded it.

He has repeatedly defied the Security Council and has counted on getting away with little more than a wordy slap on the wrist.

During an interview before her departure in December, she said she had counted on getting custody of General Mladic because he was widely known to be in Serbia.

You can't count on getting one, and even if you do, it won't make a significant financial impact.

No one counts on getting anywhere in a hurry anymore, and transportation science seems to be at a loss to invent methods for eliminating bottlenecks and relieving congestion.

— There are 25,341 parking spaces at Arizona State University, but don't count on getting one for an 11 a.m. class, as Daniel Heard, a senior, learned the hard way.

Every once in a while, I'd try for a position that sounded editorial-ish, but I wasn't counting on getting one.

Apply for those top faculty positions regardless of the odds, but do not count on getting one of them.