Example sentences of "[am/are] supposed to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're supposed to be lethal . |
| 2 | ( 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 . |
| 3 | We 're supposed to be inspiring people with our vision of how things could be different . |
| 4 | You 're supposed to be normal . |
| 5 | See look all that down there , you 've blown it all up , and you 're supposed to be clever |
| 6 | We 're supposed to be bored Yuppies you know . ’ |
| 7 | Well , they 're supposed to be protective , are n't they ? |
| 8 | They 're supposed to be good actors , are n't they ? |
| 9 | ‘ We 're supposed to be interested in his first marriage and that 's more than thirty years ago , is n't it ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | You 're supposed to be ill . |
| 12 | You 're supposed to be able to hear its bells ringing under the sea at New Year 's Eve . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You 're supposed to be able to walk all the way from here to the coast . ’ |
| 14 | to another , which is what we 're supposed to be able to do . |
| 15 | Nicholson , 55 , said last night : ‘ I know reporters are supposed to be neutral but I had a chance to help someone . |
| 16 | It will certainly not provide the stability necessary for rights which are supposed to be inalienable and imprescriptible , let alone self-evident . |
| 17 | The courts are supposed to be vigilant on behalf of the citizen , and mindful of the liberty to go about one 's lawful business . |
| 18 | ‘ We are supposed to be prospective man and wife , ’ he said , still rubbing his chest , ‘ and Margrida is under the impression that we 're madly in love . ’ |
| 19 | Most advances are supposed to be short-term but in practice many are outstanding for long periods . |
| 20 | ‘ Men are supposed to be hairy , Karim . |
| 21 | Jackdaws are supposed to be great collectors , but even a jackdaw could not fly off with the hands , feet and eyeballs of a four year old crammed into its beak all at once . |
| 22 | Afterwards we went to another historic place nearby , the tomb of the first proper emperor of China , Emperor Chin I ; it 's an enormous man-made hill , and there are supposed to be great treasures hidden in the tomb below , perhaps comparable to Tutenkamun , who knows . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ Cars produced in Europe are supposed to be European cars ’ , Mr Frans Andriessen , the EC 's External Relations Commissioner said . |
| 25 | ‘ Those people are supposed to be good riders , are n't they ? |
| 26 | The most productive tree in a village or orchard is chosen for a party and pieces of toast are hung in the branches to attract robins which are supposed to be good spirits . |
| 27 | In the conceptual case , each example 's properties are supposed to be precise and discrete . |
| 28 | Bank and building society managers are supposed to be approachable : if yours is not then change to another branch . |
| 29 | Whereas fat men are considered okay — men are supposed to be big and beefy , after all . |
| 30 | This is a controversial issue : hoteliers and restaurateurs are supposed to be running hotels and restaurants , after all , not managing computer systems . |