Example sentences of "she be mean to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think she 's meant to be Echo . ’ |
| 2 | I mean it 's the last fortnight she 's meant to be studying and she 's been out with her boyfriends and |
| 3 | And she 's meant to be here . |
| 4 | Well she 's meant to be a real bitch anyway . |
| 5 | Seemingly unrestrained by their director , his principals , Juliette Binoche and Jeremy Irons , indulge in a perfect orgy of , in actor-speak , ‘ playing the result ’ : their first meeting , before they are even introduced , is a wild farrago of fish-like glances , tortured swallowing and interminable silences , and Malle follows suit , equipping his female lead with a get-up — black leather , gloves , fags , sunglasses , four-inch heels and an Eton crop to make a Brazilian transvestite blink , never mind a research assistant at Sotheby 's , which is what she is meant to be . |
| 6 | Perhaps she was meaning to be sympathetic . |
| 7 | She was n't meant to be happy , she was meant to be with me . |
| 8 | She was meant to be thinking about happy things . |
| 9 | She was meant to be persuading herself that life was worth living . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Did you have any idea what the story was she was meant to be meeting this person in connection with ? ’ |
| 12 | Dexter crimped with irritation : Blanche fancied the man she was meant to be interviewing . |
| 13 | She was meant to be illustrating a new book for children , a fantasy story by a well-known author . |
| 14 | 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 . |