Sentence examples for expected and left from inspiring English sources

The agreement was reached more quickly than expected and left Japan a surprised and worried outsider.

I first visited the occupation in its earliest days, did not find the level of organisation I had expected and left after an hour.

The rise in M1 was sharper than had been expected and left the measure of funds readily available for spending about $15 billion above the upper limits of the growth range set by the Fed in its attempt to stimulate the economy without reviving higher rates of inflation.

This is a smaller cut than was expected, and leaves the Treasury more optimistic than most independent forecasters (see article).

He had extracted more from a team of 30-somethings than was reasonable to expect, and left for Real Madrid.

What is wrong with the government specifying the activities it wants to be undertaken and the results it expects, and leaving public bodies to decide how to get there?

When he left intensive care earlier than expected, and then left a rehabilitation facility earlier than expected, he was blind, but undaunted.

My debut into motherhood was nothing like I expected, and it left me broken.

The nurse reported the misbehavior and it turned out he used rather more pethidine per case than would have been expected, and he left the country.

The nurse reported the misbehaviour and it turned out he used rather more pethidine per case than would have been expected, and he left the country.

Decades of low rainfall, insufficient investment in agriculture, and nutrient-depleted soils led to record-low maize production -- half of what was expected -- and left over 5 million Malawians in need of food aid.