Example sentences of "'ve be mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | Said a lot of things I 've been meaning to for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been meaning to give you these of Uncle John 's , Phil , ’ he 'd said taking the medals out of his pocket . |
| 3 | Mummy said we were going to spend next Christmas there — it 's a thing they 've been meaning to do for ages . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been meaning to say this for a long time , ’ said Susan , with an assumption of severity which moved her sister to ribald mirth . |
| 5 | ‘ Sorry , I 've been meaning to tell you . |
| 6 | Treat yourself to a special evening of entertainment — whether it be hiring a video you 've been meaning to watch , going to the cinema or theatre , or just visiting a friend . |
| 7 | Oh , yes , I 've been meaning to ask you , who was it looked after Wyvis Hall while you were in Greece ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I 've been meaning to tell you for ages . |
| 9 | Alarmed by her vehemence , Nicky replied , ‘ I 've been meaning to tell you for ages . |
| 10 | Well as you waved your hand through the air I saw that ring there you see and I thought … ah I know what I 've been meaning to ask her for ages . |
| 11 | If you 've been meaning to see a few West End shows , why not try a theatre package from a company like Forte Hotels ( 0345–543555 ) ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been meaning to ask you about the Ketterings . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been meaning to ask , ’ she began hesitantly , ‘ if it 's not an indiscreet question , that is . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been meaning to ask if you 'd seen anything of Barbs . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , ’ she said , as she led the way from the room , ‘ I 've been meaning to ask you . |
| 16 | I 've been meaning to do it , he does n't seem to have the will , and it 's more my job , I think . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been meaning to speak to you , Rachaela , ’ she said , ‘ about the way you keep being late . |
| 18 | I 've been meaning to write since we met up at the PoW seminar in Swansea . |
| 19 | I 've been meaning to get in touch , not least to congratulate you on your new post . |
| 20 | I 've been meaning for many weeks now to pass on 's French address , which filtered through to us in January — but of course you may already have had it from or heard from Janet yourself . |
| 21 | I 've been meaning to talk to you , but you 've ducked out of the building so fast after finishing your show these last two days , ’ she told him when he stopped to greet her and ask if she had heard the brilliant spontaneous earthquake joke he 'd cracked on air that morning . |
| 22 | I 've been meaning to go again with the children . |
| 23 | There 's nothing intrinsically funny , is there , about a man saying to an actress , ‘ I 've been meaning to ask you — would you be available in November to do a Rotary Club dinner ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , I 've been meaning to get down to Dingle . ’ |
| 25 | I 've been meaning to write to The Post letter page about it for several years . |
| 26 | I 've been meaning to phone her husband , but … ’ |
| 27 | " I 've been meaning to pop in and see you for some time , " Mrs. Hargreaves went on . |
| 28 | I 've been meaning to introduce myself , but you know what it 's like . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been meaning to talk to you about that . ’ |
| 30 | No that 's er that 's something else we 've been meaning to do . |