It had become the established order of things with him that some one anticipated him.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
On the whole everything passed more easily than they had anticipated.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
None of us anticipated such a serious turn of affairs as this; and now, of course, a meeting will be scarcely possible.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever