Example sentences of "[not/n't] supposed to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're not supposed to be out . |
| 2 | I 'm not supposed to be out . |
| 3 | The flow chart is not supposed to be rigid or to be adhered to at all costs ; more a source of guidance and reference and a way of keeping check on the different activities that go on simultaneously as you move towards that special day . |
| 4 | You 're not supposed to be here ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And I 'm not supposed to be here . |
| 6 | The most common offence was to break the curfew , aliens were not supposed to be out on the streets after eleven . |
| 7 | For further information , we are indebted to Vaughan Purvis who was not supposed to be in this festival at all . |
| 8 | I also bought a Gibson Sonex that 's been doctored ; they 're not supposed to be very good , but this one sounds great . |
| 9 | ‘ If they do not have a lifelong partner , they are not supposed to be sleeping or have sexual relationships with anyone . |
| 10 | You 're not supposed to be egotistical . ’ |
| 11 | This is not supposed to be a travelogue , and I can see from your faces that you want a little more than a cheery jaunt … |
| 12 | ( Well , death is not supposed to be nice . ) |
| 13 | If none of that sounds particularly funny , it 's because it 's not supposed to be . |
| 14 | Museums are not supposed to be in the business of wiping out bad memories , though , and it wo n't be long before we start getting nostalgic . |
| 15 | First we had the idea of a desk , but I 'm not supposed to be a bank manager . |
| 16 | I 'm not supposed to be interested , is it ? |
| 17 | Fleury , unaware of the Collector 's plans for a graduated retreat because he was not supposed to be in the Residency anyway , had dashed upstairs carrying the fifteen-barrelled pistol with which he was hoping to do battle from the upper storeys . |
| 18 | This is not supposed to be fiction , but as I write I find myself obliged to make a judgement about Leavitt . |
| 19 | Unlike national parks in some other countries , these are not supposed to be wilderness or isolated areas . |
| 20 | He 's not supposed to be first , he 's only supposed to be the exhibits man , but suddenly he 's there , running down the hallway . |
| 21 | The 1990s are not supposed to be like that . |
| 22 | All those kinds of slogans were a very good example of how er , women hating comes to the fore whenever women get in positions women are not supposed to be in . |
| 23 | I 'm not supposed to be here at all . |
| 24 | The conclusion is not supposed to be a bland endorsement of the essay title or a simple restatement of what has gone before . |
| 25 | I know — ‘ He 's a domestic pussy ’ , he 's not supposed to be a killer . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's not supposed to be used for that , really , ’ he said apologetically . |
| 27 | In the central and southern parts where there are Moslems , a pig 's life is easy — because one of the nice things about being an ‘ unclean ’ animal is that , not only can you not be eaten , you are not supposed to be killed , even for raiding crops . |
| 28 | ‘ Chiggers are not supposed to be able to breed on human protein , but a year after the itching began again on my ankles , though not as bad as before . ’ |
| 29 | " Come on , you 're not supposed to be here , young lady . " |
| 30 | She seated herself in the bay window and said to George , ‘ Are you not supposed to be at Cambridge ? |