Which tenses complete “We … good news … but the numbers we … were disappointing”?

Question

We ... good news from our Berlin branch but the numbers we ... were disappointing.

Answer choices

1. expected ... get
2. had expected ... had got
3. had expected ... got
4. expected ... had got

Explanation

The expectation of good news came before the disappointing results were received. The Past Perfect, had expected, expresses that earlier event.

Receiving the figures is the main past event, so use the Past Simple, got. “The numbers we got” means the figures that we received.