128 sentences for 本來 (běn​lái — originally) — page 7 of 7

121. 本来应该回家一趟的，可是我没有。

     běn​lái yīng​gāi huí jiā yī tàng de, kě​shì wǒ méi​yǒu.

     I should have gone home, but I didn’t.

     Source: CCMatrix

122. 我本来可以告诉他们的，但我没有。

     wǒ běn​lái kě​yǐ gào​sù tā​men de, dàn wǒ méi​yǒu.

     I could have told them, but I didn’t.

     Source: CCMatrix

123. 他本来应该还有这么多年的时间。

     tā běn​lái yīng​gāi hái​yǒu zhè​me duō nián de shí​jiān.

     He should have had so many more years.

     Source: CCMatrix

124. 我本来可以告诉她他并不那么感兴趣。

     wǒ běn​lái kě​yǐ gào​sù tā tā bìng​bù nà​me gǎn xìng​qù.

     I could have told her he wasn’t that interested.

     Source: CCMatrix

125. 这个词本来是法语，但有时在英语中也使用。

     zhè​ge cí běn​lái shì fǎ​yǔ, dàn yǒu​shí zài yīng​yǔ zhōng yě shǐ​yòng.

     The word is originally French but is sometimes used in English as well.

     Source: CCMatrix

126. 我本来预备今天去海滩的，但接着天就开始下雨了。

     wǒ běn​lái yù​bèi jīn​tiān qù hǎi​tān de, dàn jiē​zhe tiān jiù kāi​shǐ xià yǔ le.

     I was planning on going to the beach today, but then it started to rain.

     Source: Tatoeba

127. 本来可能是两个半小时的车程，结果却花了一天半的时间。

     běn​lái kě​néng shì liǎng​ge bàn xiǎo​shí de chē​chéng, jié​guǒ què huā le yī​tiān bàn de shí​jiān.

     What might have been a two-and-a-half-hour drive ended up taking a day and a half.

     Source: CCMatrix

128. 这个主意本来是为了给我们的客人一个惊喜，正如我们一直试着去做的那样。

     zhè​ge zhǔ​yi běn​lái shì wèi​le gěi wǒ​men de kè​ren yī​ge jīng​xǐ, zhèng​rú wǒ​men yī​zhí shì zhe qù zuò de nà​yàng.

     The idea was to surprise our guests, as we always try to do.

     Source: CCMatrix