Example sentences of "what [was/were] supposed [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one thing , as Jardine points out , while on the one hand the shift of wealth to the mercantile classes was leading to the break-up of the dress code , and enabling the socially mobile to appropriate , for purposes of inclusion , what were supposed to be signs of their exclusion , it was also the case that those who had ‘ arrived ’ socially often wanted to enforce the code against those who had not . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd dearly like to know what were supposed to be achieving , that 's all , ’ Lambert bitched . |
| 3 | Most serious of all , chaos blighted both policy and politics as what was supposed to be the creative tension with the Treasury deteriorated into petty demarcations and empire-building . |
| 4 | After the two had left , Thomas confided to Thornton that he found it quite extraordinary that these two people , who were so naive and inexperienced , could be at the top of what was supposed to be a concrete business proposal . |
| 5 | These iterations should start coming off the line in the first quarter , another delay for what was supposed to be the standard Viking . |
| 6 | She 'd soon be taking a stroll through the harbour district which is no place for any girl at night , especially a girl with what was supposed to be ten thousand dollars in her purse , and an appointment with a killer . |
| 7 | The waxwork of Von Sydow held what was supposed to be a Bible but Paxton wondered if Ward might have substituted the Grimoire for the Holy Book . |
| 8 | Further along there was a model of Sir Francis Chichester ; on what was supposed to be the deck of his yacht lay a number of books . |
| 9 | The film cut to a closeup of what was supposed to be O'Mara 's hand pinching Nicola 's bottom . |
| 10 | The question was , did the student teacher have the right to compel Nicky Wragg to do something he did not want to do during what was supposed to be the boy 's free time ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I did spot an up-and-coming bass guitarist I 'd once played with , and in one corner , drinking champagne , was the author of what was supposed to be the definitive guide to the beers of the world . |
| 13 | They never read the scripts until they walked into the narration room for what was supposed to be the rehearsal . |
| 14 | Probably about all the other people in what was supposed to be a hired coach . |
| 15 | As the most recent poll tax was itself reduced as a result of the raising of VAT by 2.5 per cent , where are benefits that should accrue from what was supposed to be a ‘ new ’ progressive property tax ? |
| 16 | The coverage angered the royal entourage on what was supposed to be a high-profile visit to a close trading partner , and a country where British servicemen died in the fight against Communism in the early 1950s . |
| 17 | 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 . |