Example sentences of "you [be] supposed [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 From the heights of Foel-cwmcerwyn , just to the east , you are supposed to be able to see Exmoor , Snowdonia and the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland .
2 See look all that down there , you 've blown it all up , and you 're supposed to be clever
3 ( 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 .
4 You 're supposed to be normal .
5 You 're supposed to be able to hear its bells ringing under the sea at New Year 's Eve . ’
6 You 're supposed to be able to walk all the way from here to the coast . ’
7 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 .
8 You 're supposed to be ill .
9 I thought you were supposed to be low and submissive and made out of Adam 's rib , and you were n't supposed to leave the house excessively .
10 You were supposed to be brilliant without effort , or to accept your limitations and get a fourth-class degree .
11 Besides , ’ acidly , ‘ I thought you were supposed to be immune to other women , since you already have a — ’
12 He probably thought he 'd been rather smart but today he discovered you were supposed to be dead . ’
13 You were supposed to be bright if you took things in quickly .
14 Well you were supposed to be able to you know , be able to take command you know .
15 I thought , Jimmy , that you were supposed to be lurking and eavesdropping ? ’
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