Sentence examples for had anticipated it from inspiring English sources

It said if the government made bigger changes to the costs of its social and environmental schemes than it had anticipated, it would pass those savings on to customers, but if the changes were smaller there could be further price rises.

Not that they had anticipated it.

At the start of the guarantee, Mr. Rosenbluth had anticipated it might cost about $600,000.

I had no idea what boogie-woogie was, but I was excited by the idea that Beethoven had anticipated it.

Sterling had anticipated it before anyone else and darted in front of his markers to score from close range.

Unfortunately for Arsenal, Silvio had anticipated it too, and he sprung out of the wall to intercept and clear.

When the anticipated 'scary thing' happens, we congratulate ourselves for having anticipated it, the tension momentarily broken before the repercussions escalate it again.

"We should've anticipated it.

"At the very least they should have anticipated it by having a substitute C.E.O.

Who would have anticipated it attracting half a million visitors to the Alexander McQueen exhibition?

He clearly hadn't been expecting that line of attack, though he might well have anticipated it.