Example sentences of "we were [verb] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were taught to be thrifty . |
| 2 | We were taught to be polite and pleasant . ’ |
| 3 | We were hoping to be able to work with the , that . |
| 4 | But then , as RSPB members we were bound to be biased ! |
| 5 | well we were considered to be fortunate that we did n't , we only had a small percentage that we had a problem with |
| 6 | On the one hand , we were encouraged to be young ladies , polite , modest , and considerate towards others , especially those who belonged to the lower social orders . |
| 7 | But , wherever we went , whatever we did , we were accompanied by the innate , subconscious awareness that we were expected to be grateful . |
| 8 | We were clear , and we were going to be rich . |
| 9 | I think as much as anything he was testing our mood on whether or not , whether we were going to be helpful or . |
| 10 | For God 's sake , Vi , we were going to be married . |
| 11 | We were going to be married — Svend and me — at least I thought we were . |
| 12 | And if we were going to be bored , and we were usually bored , rarely being self-motivated , we could at least be bored on our own terms , lying smashed on mattresses in ruined houses rather than working in the machine . |
| 13 | We put enough rehearsal in to know we were going to be okay ; it was n't people just going up there and jamming . ’ |
| 14 | I thought that we were going to be able to love without fear . |
| 15 | I do n't know what he thought about , but what I thought about was how in God 's name we were going to be able to face each other in the morning . |