were supposed to in a sentence

Where were you this morning? You were supposed to be here by 8:00.

When my mother was young, women were supposed to wear skirts to work.

He was very punctual for our date.

We were supposed to meet at 6:00 and he arrived right on time.

In ancient Rome, cultivated people were expected to be educated in music, just as they were supposed to know Greek.

We were supposed to visit our grandparents in Fairbanks last winter, but our flight was canceled due to a blizzard.

Many people in the former communist countries are said to be dissatisfied with the pace of economic reforms that were supposed to take place.

This is the one thing net neutrality rules were supposed to prevent.

Those documents were supposed to be presented to the court Thursday.

The three were supposed to convene last week for their first meeting.

The kits were supposed to contain “dead” or inactive anthrax bacteria.

They were supposed to be built for that 2012 Asia Pacific summit hosted by Putin.

They did what they were supposed to do when they had runners in scoring position.

911319 We looked for some staff that were supposed to be in the operating theatre.

Yesterday we were digging ditches, and today we were supposed to run cables, he said.

Malaysian league clubs were supposed to have a match on May 20 but they were canceled.

498523 My analytical skills were where they were supposed to be, which was on the freeway.

The flights were supposed to leave Montreal with stops in Quebec City and Gaspé along the way.

During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were supposed to yield to white drivers on the road.

Fifty passengers were supposed to be on the bus, but authorities believe that number to be higher.

32925 All of which were the sort of things that were supposed to bedevil the Mets, not the Royals.



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