Example sentences of "who be supposed [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nobody , however knowledgeable in the nuclear power field , can guarantee 100 per cent safety , a fact which causes my daughter to have nightmares , myself to lose sleep and be dogged by melancholy and dread , and my son to lose respect for those who are supposed to be wiser than he . ’ |
| 2 | It was like the sort of bullying you see in a public school yard carried out by men who are supposed to be professional politicians to put pressure on the weaker ones and the new boys . |
| 3 | Finally , the sweet exchange of personnel from , agency to corporation ( and vice versa ) and the extent to which some agency officials are amenable to getting their hands grubby with filthy lucre again make the executive suite a relatively safe place for planning illegal behaviour — there might even be some people present who are supposed to be enforcing the law ! |
| 4 | No teaching is possible without the co-operation of the students who are supposed to be learning . |
| 5 | I 've had stick like that at away games but never from so-called fans who are supposed to be on your side . |
| 6 | Coun Richmond said : ‘ Where are all these people who are supposed to be homeless ? |
| 7 | The very next day , Sunday , I would have to attend the same chapel in its religious function , and the fact that the previous evening it had been a battleground for people who were supposed to be friends and allies , while the ‘ enemy ’ got on with his job uninterrupted outside , led to a more or less permanent confusion in my mind , which I now believe to be totally justified , between violence and religion , and between fact and fancy [ or film ] . |
| 8 | His ability to upset people and drive wedges between himself and those who were supposed to be his allies was famous . |
| 9 | When her mother answered , she said the stupid thing she always said to those who were supposed to be close to her , ‘ It 's me . ’ |
| 10 | And he had a list which I 've , I 've got there and er I think he got two things suggested that were on his list from the group of people who were supposed to be aware and er about twenty things which he thought maybe they should have thought about , and had n't . |
| 11 | He was told to take God 's word to people who were supposed to be following God . |
| 12 | Shortly after this Marty Stone , our second engineer , and I re-enacted the whole thing for the benefit of two Daily Mirror journalists who were supposed to be writing an article about the work of the Cutter Service , but nothing ever came of this . |
| 13 | Extraordinarily enough for a couple who were supposed to be at such odds , they seem to have no problem over their conversation . |
| 14 | Did they take did enough people like who were supposed to be in , not turn up . |
| 15 | Getting to know the other , who 's supposed to be wicked because he 's the enemy , makes possible not only battle itself but also close bodily contact between the combatants and between their beliefs . |
| 16 | I stuck with Molassi 'cause he 's supposed to be a friend of Rodo 's , who 's supposed to be a friend of mine . |
| 17 | One day , waiting in the car in Albion Street to pick up my brother-in-law from work ( he looks like Norman Lamont , incidently , but she loves him dearly ) , she suddenly saw me , her brother who 's supposed to be living in exile down south , walking along the road in the company of a glamorous lady . |
| 18 | You educate your children to stay away from trouble so what 's the use of a person who 's supposed to be responsible doing this |
| 19 | Little Bear , who is supposed to be asleep , keeps interrupting him — he 's scared of the dark and not even the biggest lantern from the cupboard can light up the night looming beyond the cave . |
| 20 | Do you really enjoy the company of the person who is supposed to be accompanying you , or do you merely tolerate him or her because you feel you have no other choice ? |
| 21 | Jim has gone to meet a friend of his who is supposed to be coming from Liverpool . |
| 22 | However , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Small Heath ( Mr. Howell ) , who is supposed to be the shadow spokesman on this subject , suggested that Labour would encourage a greater ministerial role in the Sports Council . |
| 23 | The person most to blame for the appearance of shambles is the man who is supposed to be in charge |
| 24 | And I mean it , there is nothing worse for someone who is supposed to be upholding the law , to be found not themselves . |
| 25 | ‘ This is Miss Huntley who was supposed to be having lunch with Angela today . ’ |
| 26 | The God believed in by Jews , Hindus and Christians , is not like the pagan God , Atlas , who was supposed to be underneath the world propping it up on his shoulders . |
| 27 | Barely able to Speak English , adrift in a strange country , Nina Liebermann could find no trace of Mrs Landers , from the West London Synagogue , who was supposed to be at the station . |
| 28 | Taylor was one of the men who was supposed to be responsible for cleaning up Hollywood , but as the sordid details of his life came to light during the murder investigation , Will Hays , knowing he could trust no one in the movie business , placed spies everywhere . |
| 29 | Here was the women whose father he had unsuccessfully defended , to whom he had given a home and a job , who was supposed to be devoted to him . |
| 30 | In Diana 's young mind her brother 's gravestone with its simple ‘ In Loving Memory ’ epitaph , was a permanent reminder that , as she now recalls : ‘ I was the girl who was supposed to be a boy . ’ |