Sentence examples for had merely expected from inspiring English sources

Investors had merely expected steeper declines.

The Communists had merely to wait.

The US government is expected to radically overhaul its discredited regulatory regime covering offshore operations, which had merely required companies to fill out uniform box-ticking safety audits.

Where once there had merely been youth, there were now teenagers, with their own dress, music, magazines, books, economy, culture and expected patterns of behavior.

She had merely misspoken.

In fact it had merely hosted them.

He had merely arrived ahead of schedule.

She had merely betrayed her youth.

The likes of Toulon, Toulouse, Clermont Auvergne, Munster, Leicester and Saracens have merely done what most expected, with the exception of Connacht's wonderful Pool Three win at Toulouse.

Until now, Ofcom has said it merely "expects providers to deal fairly and sympathetically with customers who experience a lack of service due to mobile network issues".

Whatever the precise numbers, the American warning not to expect the "cavalry" to storm to the rescue has merely, it seems, fizzed up both sides.