Sentence examples for expected say from inspiring English sources

"Some of the kids you wouldn't have expected say they're interested in opera".

You might have expected, say, a certain asperity, or an air – no, a howling gale – of grievance.

"We don't see signs of an abrupt slowdown, or something getting worse than we had expected say six weeks ago".

Where you might have expected, say, a Brahms Hungarian Dance to carry through the theme, the orchestra let loose with the resplendent Prelude to Act III of "Lohengrin," by Wagner, a Brahms antagonist and a Thielemann specialty.

Ah, but if the new finds in Kazakhstan turn out to be as big as expected, say boosters of the Americans' plan, then their pipeline is back in business.Maybe.Maybe

When the volunteers were given information that was better than they hoped or expected — say, for example, that the risk of complications in surgery was only 10 percent when they thought it was 30 percent — they adjusted closer to the new risk percentages presented.

"It went as expected," said Mr. Simpson's lawyer, Yale Galanter.

"They disappeared in much higher numbers than expected," said Henry.

'It was expected,' said the Jamaican team doctor, Herb Elliott.

"It has definitely grown quicker than we expected," says Critchley.

"It was expected," said a White House spokesman, Scott McClellan.