Chan, who called Rodriguez "a phenomenal ballplayer," said that she always expected more from Jeter, "because he's our captain".
For Mrs. Barsky, who grew up in Elizabeth, N.J., Manhattan was the place where she always expected to live.
Given that her husband dropped out of high school, she always expected to be the major breadwinner in their family.
Even Mrs. Clinton, who often says she always expected the race to be close, has appeared confounded by the tight polls.
"She was always expecting it.
When Ms. Johnson didn't marry in her 30's, as she had always expected, her resilient nature and Buddhist studies helped.
Although she had always expected her challenge to the US's nomination to fail, Okonjo-Iweala said: "It is voting with political weight and shares, and therefore the United States will get it".
When I interviewed him for the Observer at the end of 2015, he remarked that "the idea that a writer of colour can actually use his imagination just never occurs to anybody" – instead, he or she is always expected to write directly of their own experience.
When I asked Mikaela how she stays so grounded, she said that her parents are strict, they have a very close family and live a "small town" life, and she was always expected to be respectful and appreciative.
Maybe you can't always be the one she's always expecting to have or to be around.
