I had halfway expected some shooting stars, but there weren't any.
She'd been halfway expecting something like this, but not so soon.
But he opens the door to the cold house halfway expecting to hear her.
"I halfway expected the women here to be wearing short skirts still," he said.
He was hoping for the best, but halfway expected her to rebuff him.
I halfway expect to walk back out into that damned station again!
He had halfway expected her to be offended, but to his surprise, she broke into an enormous smile.
She eyed the men at the counter, halfway expecting them to get into a fight any minute.
He halfway expected the MP was going to have his way after all.
I'd halfway expected, with that pretty face of yours, you'd have learned nothing but courtly dances.