Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was ten seconds or so before I realized I was supposed to be looking at the inside of the wooden door . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't know I was supposed to be keeping office-boy hours . ’ |
| 3 | People say she was lucky to be alive , but she did n't feel lucky . |
| 4 | But a Spanish visitor once made her realise there was much to be done to improve the look of the University buildings . |
| 5 | I mean , did n't you know he was supposed to be in Anduze at nine o'clock ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd dearly like to know what were supposed to be achieving , that 's all , ’ Lambert bitched . |
| 7 | She recalled singing in both operas at Boosback as a 16-year-old and says she was amazed to be given the female lead in The Beggars ' and only three weeks in which to learn the words and music ! |
| 8 | She says she was supposed to be bring the money . |
| 9 | ‘ O Jesus ! ’ said Quigley , suddenly remembering who was supposed to be in charge around here . |
| 10 | She did not feel there was likely to be much in the way of ideas or co-operation from her daughter 's parents-in-law in this connection — at least , not from Lilian . |
| 11 | Mr Deputy Speaker , no I did not know the exact amount of the recommendation but I of course assumed there was likely to be some pay increase and I have made an increase in grant which I am just about to explain to the house which will go some way to meet the requirements of local authorities and there are other assets and resources they have er which I will illustrate later on in my speech . |
| 12 | Mr Paleokrassas said he could not say how much money would be granted to the industry , but added it was likely to be ‘ quite substantial ’ . |
| 13 | And you want to know what it was like being fêted by the Stones and Led Zep , and how in ‘ 61 Bob Dylan got his first Greenwich Village pro gig with John Lee ( and was apparently pissed off because the man from the New York Times was far more interested in rapping with the bluesman ) , but he just says it was nice to be able to put young Bob on the bandstand . |
| 14 | And there was plump , placid , erotically drained Stuart beside me , looking so fucking … blithe , pretending it was nice to be met at the airport , and probably thinking about how he was going to claim back some Danegeld on the unused half of their return billets from Gatwick to Victoria . |
| 15 | I mean we we have more than done what was supposed to be to start with to see that it was n't a drain on the parish . |
| 16 | It had a competition sponsored by McCartney to find a script for a movie , a declaration by Harry Fainlight about the ( still legal ) pleasures of LSD , it had letters , and , specifically , it had a long epistle from John Wilcock in New York , defining what was supposed to be going on . |
| 17 | Ellie looked once more down the table to her father , silently praying he would put an end to it , and prevent what was sure to be a bloodbath . |
| 18 | ‘ After driving you all that way , I should think she was entitled to be a bit boring . ’ |
| 19 | He admitted she was right to be angry . |
| 20 | ( a ) The principle of non-discrimination presupposed the existence of the concept of nationality , but article 7 did not prevent a member state from deciding who were eligible to be its nationals or from deciding which vessels were entitled to fly its flag . |
| 21 | After all , I came along when he must have thought you were safe to be a bachelor for ever and ever , and now he 'll never be a lord and everything . ’ |
| 22 | that song , she or tune she was supposed to be singing |
| 23 | By the time Ellie did finally remember she was supposed to be meeting someone in Dublin , the afternoon was well advanced . |
| 24 | Gruesome flogging cartoons and fantasies of violent reprisal dominated the response , and when the magazine crashed down against the garotting packs and the sentimentalists ( and it was not always clear who was supposed to be the real villain ) both humour and artistic quality were sometimes surrendered as hostages to the gout . |
| 25 | Did they take did enough people like who were supposed to be in , not turn up . |
| 26 | As he paused , wondering what was best to be done , Bigwig came up . |
| 27 | He probably thought he 'd been rather smart but today he discovered you were supposed to be dead . ’ |
| 28 | Santiago itself is ten kilometres from the airport , and after two solid days of flying it was great to be cycling . |
| 29 | ‘ I doubt he 'd think there was much to be proud of . ’ |
| 30 | She concluded by saying she was proud to be Chancellor of Salford . |