Example sentences of "supposed [prep] be [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is occasionally some truth in this , but very often the journalist 's deadline is looming close , and the PRO is supposed to be providing a service not a favour . |
| 2 | He 's supposed to be getting a hearing aid or summat . |
| 3 | Erm somebody , and I think it was Derek , and I put down Derek as a guess , was supposed to be getting a list of local area MPs to whom I can then write . |
| 4 | I 'm supposed to be writing a feature , not a book . ’ |
| 5 | These duties had to be fulfilled alongside those of his conventional publishing business , and he was also supposed to be writing a scene for inclusion in what was to be a filmed version of Murder in the Cathedral . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 'm supposed to be calling a solicitor but I thought it was only fair I should warn you instead . ’ |
| 8 | You 're not supposed to be using a ruler Emmy . |
| 9 | Rolle 's great contemporary St Catherine of Siena ( 1347–80 ) once fell into the fire when she was in ecstasy though she was supposed to be cooking a meal . |
| 10 | At the other end , advertisers find it difficult to admit that they are supposed to be addressing an audience in middle age and onwards . |
| 11 | But if I 'm supposed to be catching a train to Paris , where the Hell d' you think you 're off to ? ’ |
| 12 | He was supposed to be germinating a television programme for her , on her own topic , about the conscience of an escaped East Berliner . |
| 13 | I 'm supposed to be meeting a feller for the pictures at eight o'clock . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They are supposed to be doing a job of work to house people not making residents ’ lives a misery . ’ |
| 15 | At that point the band broke up , even though we were supposed to be doing a lot more touring . |
| 16 | ‘ If you 're seeing me , get these people off my back , George — we 're supposed to be running an operation … ’ |
| 17 | Aldo was supposed to be carrying an injury , but it did n't stop him from running away to make it 3-0 . |
| 18 | ‘ You wo n't forget , Birdy ’ ( Birdy ? ) ‘ that you 're supposed to be having a headache , will you ? ’ |