Example sentences of "were supposed [to-vb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bubbles were supposed to expand and meet up with each other until the whole universe was in the new phase . |
| 2 | There was a mixed area near the finish in the stadium where press and athletes were supposed to meet and chat convivially after races . |
| 3 | And these bloody boys who were supposed to come and help you if you got , they 're whizzing round and they 're |
| 4 | He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr |
| 5 | Missi were supposed to hear and remedy complaints against counts and generally to function as direct lines of communication between court and locality , reporting difficult cases back to the king . |