It was not the amusing performance she had once expected it to be.

Ecuador, analysts say, is not getting nearly the amount of investment that was once expected.

He said the appointment, once expected by Thanksgiving, would be made "probably within the next week or so."

Wealthy contributors who were once expected to assemble $10,000 or even $50,000 from their friends are now being asked to come up with $5,000.

Nor was the universe the immense thing he had once expected it to be.

The winners in a market recovery now are not likely to be the technology companies that investors once expected to grow to the sky.

No major change in the strength of all the main constitutional parties is expected once counting ends tonight.

It is the sort of thing feudal lords were once expected to do.

That place is different from where one started; it may not even be what was once expected or desired.

Something which a man can only be expected to witness once in a lifetime.