1. In order to express this idea wee can use the past tenses of the verb forms we would normally use to talk about the future.
He was to find out years later that the car he had bought was stolen.
I was supposed to help, but I was ill.
Ex:
I'm not going to say anything about the exams today, because I don't have time.
I wasn't going to say anything about the exams, but the students asked me to.
2. for things that were expected, but didn't happen
Ex:He was to find out years later that the car he had bought was stolen.
I was supposed to help, but I was ill.
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