He was about to speak when the young man anticipated him.
Discovering what he wanted to know had come much more quickly than the man had anticipated.
That a man will anticipate danger and avoid it, for both himself and his mount.
The implementation of assimilation policy was more difficult than either man had anticipated.
The man who had written those words might well have anticipated a response to them.
He turned to speak to Gunn, but the little man had already anticipated him.
But the wise men of 1787 did not anticipate one fact of 20th-century life: inflation.
"A man must anticipate every possibility when the women he loves are concerned."
Maybe his powers were fading faster than even the bearded man had anticipated.
The men behind them apparently anticipated the boys' plan and decided to act in a hurry.