Example sentences of "[noun sg] who [was/were] supposed to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The detective constable who was supposed to be guarding him was out of the ward at the time chatting up some nurses . |
| 2 | In Diana 's young mind her brother 's gravestone with its simple ‘ In Loving Memory ’ epitaph , was a permanent reminder that , as she now recalls : ‘ I was the girl who was supposed to be a boy . ’ |
| 3 | er , they were meeting and the lad who was supposed to be at the meeting did n't know what they 'd come to decide on . |
| 4 | And so this poor woman who was supposed to be asleep , And the problem is that er it 's very difficult to decide whether somebody 's actually unconscious or not if they ca n't move . |
| 5 | He thought you 'd give up and go away , as the woman who was supposed to be writing the book did . |
| 6 | You know where there was that there was the young girl and there was the old wo , oldish woman who was supposed to be a film star or something ? |
| 7 | Wickham was left in no doubt who was supposed to be in control of the interview . |
| 8 | Extraordinarily enough for a couple who were supposed to be at such odds , they seem to have no problem over their conversation . |