Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [pron] [was/were] supposed to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also denied that his wife had given him any details of who she was supposed to be meeting at TVL at the time of the party . |
| 2 | She might have backed off , gone into the pub and telephoned for a cab to fetch her ; but Holly knew who she was supposed to be meeting and she would feel foolishly fainthearted next day if she had to confess to being too nervous to see the matter through . |
| 3 | For a moment he was not even sure who he was supposed to be . |
| 4 | For a moment he was not even sure who he was supposed to be . |
| 5 | He did not know who he was supposed to be — the child-wife , the monstrous heroine , the burner of men 's bodies , the woman of independent means , the beloved and expensive son ? |
| 6 | These disturbing images — convoys of refugees , unsanitary tent encampments — were initially refracted because Lebanon had itself vainly assisted the ridiculous ‘ Arab Liberation Army ’ in its war against the new Israeli state ; for the Lebanese , their own military failure was of greater moment than the fate of those whom they were supposed to be saving . |