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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] mean to [be] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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	‘ I think , ’ Doyle murmured , ‘ that you have forgotten what you were meant to be doing . ’
7	I thought you were meant to be watching your blood pressure . ’
8	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 .
9	Perhaps she was meaning to be sympathetic .
10	She was n't meant to be happy , she was meant to be with me .
11	She was meant to be thinking about happy things .
12	She was meant to be persuading herself that life was worth living .
13	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 .
14	‘ Did you have any idea what the story was she was meant to be meeting this person in connection with ? ’
15	Dexter crimped with irritation : Blanche fancied the man she was meant to be interviewing .
16	She was meant to be illustrating a new book for children , a fantasy story by a well-known author .
17	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 .
18	You do n't have to go on about , ‘ I love you , you love me , we were meant to be ’ .
19	I guess we were meant to be , however much we try to fight it .
20	I guess we were meant to be , however much we try to fight it .
21	I knew — it sounds corny — but I knew we were meant to be , that we were simpático . ’
22	They were meant to be a pro group while we were just starting out .
23	They were meant to be for his weight but I 'm not sure I believe that .
24	There were hundreds of companies coming to us for funds and they were meant to be writing their business plans properly and cogently .
25	They were meant to be The Rolling Stones of their time .
26	Most of all , although they were meant to be secret , these were secrets that were fairly indifferently kept ; if , indeed , they were kept at all .
27	No-one was quite sure whether they were meant to be in fancy dress but anyhow there were a couple decent Santa 's , a smith grinding policeman , and a ridiculous looking Dave ‘ Kowabunga-Mutant-Ninja-Turtle-Most-Unfortunately-named-clothing-company-of-the-century ’ Davis , dressed in poncho and sombrero .
28	The National Sound Archive does n't claim to be the natural home for gramophones or other equipment , but it does have a small historical collection , because to understand the recordings , some knowledge of how they were meant to be played is desirable .
29	This way she could simply wash it each morning and let it dry naturally — start trying for styles and valuable minutes had to be wasted keeping them the way they were meant to be .
30	They can never realize the parental aspiration other than in a superficial way , and they are left not only with the envy of the sex they were meant to be , but also unable to enjoy the sex which they are and the advantages which pertain to it .