Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] meant to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you ever said , ‘ I think I was meant to be big ’ or ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2 lbs ( 0.9kg ) ’ or ‘ I ca n't diet ’ ? |
| 2 | I 've just asked Kurt whether the heroin rumours are true — to which he 's laughed , said ‘ No ! ’ and made me feel his arms for any tell-tale scars or holes , though obviously shooting up is n't the only way to take smack and to be honest I 'm not sure I knew what I was meant to be looking for , but still , it 's an impressive gesture at the very least — when Anton walks in with a woman I recognise as Susan Silver , manager of Soundgarden . |
| 3 | I was meant to be meeting someone too . ’ |
| 4 | Hell , I was meant to be looking after him and then you both started talking in the room next to mine . |
| 5 | and I was meant to be taking it in today , but I forgot and so I just |
| 6 | In this manner , representations painted in simple style which were meant to be graphically reproduced in a catalogue for a mass audience , shifted into the form of a more elaborately produced and unique art object intended for private tastes . |
| 7 | The talks which Lewis gave to the RAF were on such basic issues as ‘ Why we think there is a Right and Wrong ’ , and from such simple beginnings he framed , in language which was meant to be arresting to ordinary men in the ranks , an exposition first of the theist position , then of the Christian religion . |
| 8 | When I left he handed me my ‘ flimsy ’ , which was meant to be a summation and extract of the very full personal report that was submitted secretly to the Admiralty , and on which one 's future chances of promotion very greatly depended . |
| 9 | Artemis frowned to herself once more , as in all her young life she had never heard her father say anything which was meant to be even remotely funny . |
| 10 | What she 'd had was a double-booking , effectively , cos she 'd had this dinner which was meant to be in the private dining hall , but the numbers had suddenly shot up , and because they 'd said originally they wanted either the private dining hall or the main dining hall depending on numbers , she should have really booked them both and decided later and told me to like try somewhere else , but she did n't , she told me yeah the dining hall 's free . |
| 11 | She nodded slightly , and he bent his head to give her a kiss which was meant to be fleeting , but which went on and on until they were breathless and shaken when he put her away from him at last . |
| 12 | In the hospital kitchen there was a gulf between those who were meant to be in charge and those who actually carried out the work . |
| 13 | ‘ I think , ’ Doyle murmured , ‘ that you have forgotten what you were meant to be doing . ’ |
| 14 | I thought you were meant to be watching your blood pressure . ’ |
| 15 | In that era , notes Forster , if you had ‘ Venetian ’ tendencies , you thought it was because you were meant to be a man and that there had been some mistake . |
| 16 | She was n't meant to be happy , she was meant to be with me . |
| 17 | She was meant to be thinking about happy things . |
| 18 | She was meant to be persuading herself that life was worth living . |
| 19 | It was for Signora Kettering and her English upbringing told her that it was unthinkable to open letters addressed to someone else ; and yet as she came down the stairs and met the driver she had been taken , as she felt sure she was meant to be taken , for Signora Kettering . |
| 20 | ‘ Did you have any idea what the story was she was meant to be meeting this person in connection with ? ’ |
| 21 | Dexter crimped with irritation : Blanche fancied the man she was meant to be interviewing . |
| 22 | She was meant to be illustrating a new book for children , a fantasy story by a well-known author . |
| 23 | But the trouble was they were both at the same time after school where she was meant to be decorating the hall for the disco after school that night . |
| 24 | Christian Hosoi , who was meant to be getting some sort of subsidiary company through Vision , is now working to get a sub-company set up through H Street : this will eventually be similar to Chris Miller 's Planet Earth . |
| 25 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 26 | ‘ My grandad was a bronco buster when he was younger , ’ William used to tell them at school , and they 'd scoffed , even Preston , who was meant to be his Minder . |
| 27 | I think it would be much more effective if the one who was meant to be the hardhat and who might be expected to let the other one drown in fact saves the other one even though he thinks his ideas about the Indians and his plan to baptise them when they get to the Orinoco are blasphemous . |
| 28 | You do n't have to go on about , ‘ I love you , you love me , we were meant to be ’ . |
| 29 | I guess we were meant to be , however much we try to fight it . |
| 30 | I guess we were meant to be , however much we try to fight it . |