Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | That argument would I think be very persuasive if I were able to be confident that the levels of conversion is one which would be an adequate and proper one , it is relatively new , there is nothing wrong with that , it is not apparently been a conversion which has been put into practice , except in the last year because have only started conversion when the Nissan Serena was brought out . |
| 2 | Lord Christopher and I were supposed to be going on weekend leave to Paris . ’ |
| 3 | Chamberlain and I were inclined to be impatient when we saw him so reluctant to take the only course which seemed to us possible . ’ |
| 4 | Unless you were of ‘ a nervous disposition ’ ( what a lovely genteel phrase that is ) you were unlikely to be distressed by these tales of goodies versus the bad monsters , especially as the goodies always won in the end . |
| 5 | Sharing a glass of whisky with him in his Montpelier Square home , you were liable to be quizzed about theories of antibody formation , David Bohm 's work , or any one of 101 other topical issues that had caught his attention . |
| 6 | You were lucky to be in the kitchen at the time . ’ |
| 7 | So you were lucky to be in today really was n't you ? |
| 8 | Each religion developed its own particular insight , but had to cater for a number of different needs : if you were born in India , for example , you were likely to be either a Buddhist or a Hindu . |
| 9 | Gone are the days when you were likely to be alone on the rim path , but if the five miles escarpment is included as part of a longer circuit of the vast moorland , walkers seeking solitude will find their fair share — and a good test of their navigation skills . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | You were supposed to be bright if you took things in quickly . |
| 12 | You were supposed to be looking at the clothes , ’ Paula said artlessly . |
| 13 | Whom did you say you were supposed to be meeting at the airport ? |
| 14 | I thought , Jimmy , that you were supposed to be lurking and eavesdropping ? ’ |
| 15 | You were supposed to be brilliant without effort , or to accept your limitations and get a fourth-class degree . |
| 16 | I thought you were supposed to be finding out what he was working on , not going on about what he might or might not have done with Suzanne Regan . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I thought you were supposed to be the one who always had all the answers . ’ |
| 18 | if the man comes to read the gas meter it will always be when you were supposed to be somewhere else half an hour ago and you 've got one leg in and one leg out of a pair of tights . |
| 19 | He probably thought he 'd been rather smart but today he discovered you were supposed to be dead . ’ |
| 20 | More of the helplessness of simply not being on the same wavelength as the person you were supposed to be closest to . |
| 21 | Whether you were of the left or of the right , for 40 years , you knew which side you were supposed to be on , and there were few ideological dilemmas . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought you were supposed to be going out ? ’ |
| 23 | I thought you were supposed to be at the gallery ! |
| 24 | ‘ I thought you were supposed to be leaving for England . |
| 25 | Besides , ’ acidly , ‘ I thought you were supposed to be immune to other women , since you already have a — ’ |
| 26 | I thought you were supposed to be low and submissive and made out of Adam 's rib , and you were n't supposed to leave the house excessively . |
| 27 | You were supposed to be here , on reserve . |
| 28 | What happened to this friend you were supposed to be sleeping with — she throw you out ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I thought you were supposed to be my friend … ? ’ |
| 30 | Well you were supposed to be able to you know , be able to take command you know . |