Sentence examples for expected and got from inspiring English sources

In return, he writes, she expected — and got — favors.

They were songs that expected, and got, large audiences at the time.

Several weeks ago on the hospital floor where I'm a nurse, we had a V.I.P. patient whose spouse expected, and got, the red-carpet treatment.

I expected – and got – support from my colleagues and other women, but actually many Tory men have come up and said: "Well done for standing up".

I arrived just after 11 in the morning and left before 1pm, so I went through the midday climax of emotions: I expected, and got, Gary Cooper in High Noon.

It wasn't the most promising of pitches: when Ben Bradley suggested that a homeless charity buy a derelict, windblown Georgian tower in a poor district of Birmingham he expected, and got, some blank looks.

As Grist puts it, the spill off the Louisiana coast is "worse than expected, and getting worser".

We knew precisely what to expect, and got exactly what we wanted in fire-hose proportions.

Mr. Sanders's Dalmatian mix, Savanna, expects and gets a ride around the block at those times when she is to be left behind.

So, a great start to halting micromanagement in its tracks is to anticipate the tasks that your manager expects and get them done well ahead of time.

You walk into Shark's Sports Cantina expecting and getting pool tables, dartboards, cigarette smoke and loud music.