The celebrity-fest which we shared her anticipation for was the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
As for the political, being a product of an ideologically and geographically divided Europe, I shared the anticipation at the end of the cold war in 1989 91 that a new and united Europe could finally be built.
I share this anticipation with the doctoral researchers, of course, but it is always modified by the knowledge that I will miss the people I work with.
Anyone who witnessed Gloucester's stunning European victory over Toulouse last season, or saw his try-scoring debut for England's midweek team in South Africa last summer, will share the anticipation.
Speaking a few days before the franchise's latest instalment Rogue One hits cinemas, Hamill admits to not knowing as much about it as fans might expect, but he shares their anticipation.
Back then, there was a shared sense of anticipation and expectation when a new Beatles album came out, which was very much part of the wider excitement around music".
Titled The Follower, it features six tracks, and follows a series of live versions of album tracks shared online in anticipation of the album's official release.
What are you doing, I said, and I'm sure there was a note in my voice of real concern at the thought of the image shared with others, an anticipation of shame, but we had already drunk enough that the concern was distant, and N. laughed it off.
On Election Eve 2016, I join many Americans who share not hopeful anticipation of our new leader, but a leaden dread of who's next to prop their feet on the historic desk of the Oval Office.
