The phrase "like you expected" is correct and can be used in written English.
Example: "The weather turned out to be beautiful, just like you expected."
However, it turns out that the line is at 465 nanometers, not 452 like you expected.
"You design it, putting a lot of safety factors on design; take it out; and see if it performs like you expected". After years of work automating the measuring and making, it did.
"It appealed to racial slavery because Ham acted like you expected a black man to act," said Mr. Haynes, who published "Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery" (Oxford University Press) last year.
If your first attempt at making ceviche doesn't come out quite like you expected it to, fear not.
If it doesn't look like you expected, don't fret.
You may find out soon enough that some of your plans may not work out like you expected and you may have to make some compromises whenever and however necessary.
Like you expect a Prius to look.
This book is NOTHING like you expect it to be.
But don't make me feel like you expect a return email.
"Win, lose or draw – your life will never pan out like you expect it to, so you need to be prepared".
He's nothing like you expect him to be, this man with the lugubrious, debonair baritone voice and most bewitching lyrics in pop.
