Example sentences of "[pron] was supposed to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I was supposed to be at the beck and call of not only my husband but even his parents , his going around with other women was just taken for granted . |
| 2 | I was supposed to be interested because the chap had sometimes been here doing electrical repairs . |
| 3 | I was supposed to be going back to my home , but I finished up driving to Lyle Towers with his clubs and the Open trophy . |
| 4 | The only person not wholly in sympathy with this plan was the bartender who complained that I was supposed to be off duty and that the passengers should come to the bar to buy the drinks themselves ; I was syphoning off his tips . |
| 5 | It was the sort of look between us which would have started alert interest in me if I 'd spotted it between others , and I thought I was hear to losing my grip on what I was supposed to be doing , and that I 'd better be more careful . |
| 6 | I was supposed to be preparing for my mock A levels in History , English and Politics . |
| 7 | This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I was supposed to be playing rhythm at the time , but I decided to play a solo on the spur of the moment . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know I was supposed to be keeping office-boy hours . ’ |
| 10 | After all I was supposed to be clever . |
| 11 | When I was n't dozing off in chapel , I was having difficulty in keeping awake in class and , to a greater extent , during prep-time , when I was supposed to be working alone . |
| 12 | Since I had to do something during the hours I was supposed to be with Sophie , I joined the local Labour Party . |
| 13 | I was supposed to be investigating the latest camcorder craze to sweep America — amateur home porn — but found myself dreading the thought of viewing the tapes . |
| 14 | Ferguson refers to a pub and club session that Norman Whiteside and I had , and that come Friday I could n't train — even though , he said , I was supposed to be playing against Queens Park Rangers . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's ironic coming after a summer when I was supposed to be moving to a number of big clubs . |
| 16 | I was supposed to be saving up for a car , but I 'm still too young to take my driving test , so I bought her instead — with the first payment of the advance for this book ! |
| 17 | At one point I traversed from the red bolts ( off route ) to the green bolts ( also off route ) without finding the silver bolts I was supposed to be on . |
| 18 | ‘ I was Supposed to be a Boy ’ |
| 19 | Erm , I went on a diet last year , to one of these clubs and , within record time got to the weight I was supposed to be , calorie counting and then I had to come off and I found for weeks after feelings of terrible guilt if I ate |
| 20 | I was supposed to be trying to show you that we also had a language , but that it was different from yours . ’ |
| 21 | The time I was supposed to be going through this a lot of schools were getting a bit of stick because a lot of parents did n't like it . |
| 22 | Parents always misunderstand their children ( no , I wo n't misunderstand mine ) , I knew I was supposed to be the son and surgeon poor D never was able to be . |
| 23 | I knew I was supposed to be looking at Lily . |
| 24 | I was supposed to be off at four , this was six so I thought , two hours overtime . |
| 25 | I was supposed to be over thinking things like that . |
| 26 | I was supposed to be delicate . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I thought I was supposed to be in charge of the design side ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I was n't sure if I was supposed to be wandering round , and I was going to bring Gwendoline Bear with me for company , but she does n't like strangers , so I came by myself . ’ |
| 29 | Dolores insisted on accompanying me , and because that was what I was supposed to be doing , escorting her , I did n't raise any objections . |
| 30 | I thought I was supposed to be the victim this morning . |