Example sentences of "[pers pn] be supposed [verb] " in BNC.

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1 There are 30 prosecutors for the country 's 90 courts ; only five of them are supposed to handle the 17 courts in Guatemala City .
2 Claire , Annabel and I are supposed to help distribute the food , and let me tell you , at some of these do 's it 's like feeding a pack of hounds .
3 Everything I have seen , Maeve , is what I am supposed to see .
4 ’ I am writing in the hope that you may be able to give me some positive information regarding the money I am supposed to live on .
5 I am supposed to say that .
6 I am supposed to say no .
7 As I said to mama then , by the time I am bedded , I shall likely be too old — or have forgotten what it is I am supposed to do ! ’
8 I am supposed to tell the whole truth of my heart !
9 I am supposed to make anything , or nothing , of it ; obscurity and ambiguity are built in , whether deliberately or because that is his habit .
10 Asked if she agreed , he said : ‘ I am supposed to direct this operation . ’
11 ‘ Master Corbett , you 've told me how I am supposed to have killed this woman , but not the reason why . ’
12 I 'm supposed to abandon Masquerade just to give his spoilt bloody kids a holiday ? ’
13 If anyone comes to the house , I 'm supposed to shoot them . ’
14 I 'm supposed to set an example . ’
15 I would n't have expected it from my players and I 'm supposed to set them an example .
16 But I think I 'm supposed to say having .
17 No I 'm supposed to say it , you 're supposed to say this is a walkman
18 I go and wait about for a min , half a sec , ha , you know just wait for about ten seconds I 've forgotten what I 'm supposed to say wha , can you remind you ?
19 I 'm supposed to report things like this , straight to the Snow Hill nick . ’
20 Because I 'm supposed to report all accidents
21 no it 's a , it 's , it 's , it , it , it is not like that I 'm making an excuse , I always think ahead and look ahead right , now I 've got a phone in my cab , all the other lorries have , you know , a mobile phone , right , how he know I 'm supposed to give the
22 they they 've only had the taster because I sent home the erm a map of of D O S , D E S whatever I 'm supposed to call it now .
23 Just a mi , matter of interest where do you come from because on this dictionary thing I 'm supposed to put down what people 's local accent is ?
24 ‘ You say jump and I 'm supposed to ask how high ? ’
25 I 'm supposed to do that , ’ I said .
26 Is it — is it something I 'm supposed to do ?
27 " Well , I 'm not at all clear what I 'm supposed to do . "
28 I do n't know what I 'm supposed to do about it .
29 Before acting out as a late Father Christmas , I want to erm , come up with some general , how shall I put it , general considerations , this is why you have slides , you realise that slides are not actually for your benefit , they 're for my benefit , that I can remember where I am and what I 'm supposed to do .
30 And I 've just realized I 'm supposed to do Wednesday night as well .
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