Example sentences of "'re [adj] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 31 | You 're supposed to be an actor , but I suspect you may just be an exhibitionist . ’ |
| 32 | ( Anyone would think you 'd been offered the leading role in the latest Spielberg epic , for God 's sake , you 're supposed to be depressed or something . |
| 33 | In a Which ? approach to the golden years of youth , when you 're supposed to be rolling joints and learning how to organise a demo , they 're trying to turn students into consumers . |
| 34 | We 're supposed to be having a good time today ! ’ |
| 35 | In accountancy , for example , by the time you 've done your training and spent some years establishing yourself , you then have your children just at the time when you 're supposed to be going all out for partnership . |
| 36 | Now stop wasting time and get on with what you 're supposed to be doing . ’ |
| 37 | The driver said , ‘ Look , there 's Mel Smith over there , coming out of the car park , ’ and I said , ‘ Mel 's supposed to be coming with me , we 're supposed to be going to Television Centre . ’ |
| 38 | It 's no secret that those guerrilla bands contain a fair proportion of characters who are just as undesirable as the dictatorial governments they 're supposed to be fighting and who would have no hesitation in disposing of those $60,000 missiles , at a fraction of their cost , to any passing terrorists who , in turn , would have no hesitation in loosing off one of those missiles at a passing Boeing 747 , preferably one packed with five hundred American citizens . |
| 39 | ‘ Remember you 're supposed to be dancing tonight , ’ Rebecque smiled at Sharpe . |
| 40 | You 're supposed to be coming home with Margaret . ’ |
| 41 | Well , they 're supposed to be protective , are n't they ? |
| 42 | ‘ You 're supposed to be next door , not sitting here on your arse watching a ball game . ’ |
| 43 | You 're supposed to be a professional . |
| 44 | I ye yes and I agree with that , but we 're supposed to be communicating with the little bastards right |
| 45 | Erm The address and everything else they 're supposed to be sending . |
| 46 | You 're supposed to be able to hear its bells ringing under the sea at New Year 's Eve . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ You 're supposed to be able to walk all the way from here to the coast . ’ |
| 48 | I just seem to remember vaguely that she 's about twenty-five or six , about five five , hundred and fifteen pounds all where they 're supposed to be , hair that looks like somebody grabbed a handful of stardust and smoothed it over her head . |
| 49 | Is this is this what you 're supposed to be doing ? |
| 50 | If you do n't know what they mean i anything if you do n't know how to do it it 's hard but if you do n't even know what they mean it 's very hard to work out what 's going on is n't it and what you 're supposed to be doing . |
| 51 | And you 're supposed to be down here finding out whether some crazy old man was a double . |
| 52 | You 're supposed to be a poor frightened girl . ’ |
| 53 | They 're supposed to be confined to barracks . ’ |
| 54 | ABBERLEY : You 're supposed to be someone I look after . |
| 55 | Martin , you 're supposed to be coaching the boys , not chatting up Mrs Reece-Carlton . ’ |
| 56 | And they 're supposed to be the experts on camouflage , she thought ironically . |
| 57 | You 're supposed to be in bloody trade . " |
| 58 | GUIL : ( Rattled ) But he ca n't — We 're supposed to be — We 've got a letter — We 're going to England with a letter for the King |
| 59 | Mm okay cos I see I 'd like to know whether you 're supposed to be doing decimals and things at the moment . |
| 60 | who you 're supposed to be worry until you get there on time . |