Example sentences of "[pron] mean to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that I mean to be cynical , but I do teach in an inner-city school ( where only Advanced Level pupils have textbooks — and they share — and where practical work involves half-a-dozen to a bunsen ) . |
| 2 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 3 | I mean to be that man . ’ |
| 4 | Oh , yes , I mean to be there . |
| 5 | But when it suits them they choose not to be seen and seen you know sort of divide and rule tactics of seen as different entities really and I mean to be how dare and one one comment was how dare these men gang up against us . |
| 6 | Yeah I , I mean to be honest on that I was more conscious of the fact that we 'd only got fifteen |
| 7 | Can I ask you about er the medium range surface to air missile because er , you wo n't be surprised to learn , that er the committee 's received a number of submissions on this matter er which suggest that er er t to proceed with Eurofighter two thousand without the medium range surface to air missile er I mean to be put rather bluntly to us , that it makes little sense to proceed with the aircraft without a replacement for blood hound . |
| 8 | I mean to be frank I hear this charge from all over the country . |
| 9 | Well t I mean to be honest erm tt I wanted to try some different things er cos I 've seen these guys today |
| 10 | but I mean , but like I said , I said , I mean , I went , I went to the like I changed then , I mean to be quite honest I did n't like it , I did n't like it |
| 11 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 12 | But I mean to be fair we used to we , warehouse thousands of tons of potatoes in Leicestershire , you see what I mean ? |
| 13 | I meant to be at the station , but these people came to look over the house and I could n't get away . ’ |
| 14 | I meant to be fond of her but I found her tiring . |
| 15 | I meant to be open with him but when it came to it I beat about the bush . |
| 16 | I meant to be avuncular , pedagogic , |
| 17 | you know that awful viral thing that 's going around and I meant to be pass the infectious now , or I would n't be here with you . |
| 18 | I , you know , usually for the hundred tonight I meant to be served up one packet and that means Wednesday buying |
| 19 | Am I meant to be the centre of all this ? ’ |
| 20 | In this chapter Lewis Carroll uses a word which is n't in the English dictionary , he uses a word he made up with his vivid imagination — ‘ Contrariwise ’ which means to be contrary . |
| 21 | ‘ What , you mean to be a kind of private prompter , whispering at him right through the play ? ’ |
| 22 | Goodness when you , mum and dad 's done the back garden , when you meant to be doing the front garden with the weeding and that ? , well what 's all , you know , all these wages . |
| 23 | ‘ Did you mean to be wicked and spiteful ? ’ |
| 24 | It was cruel of Miss Havisham to encourage me to hope , but I do n't think she meant to be unkind . ’ |
| 25 | Betty did n't sound as though she meant to be unkind . |
| 26 | Was she meant to be racing somewhere ? |
| 27 | Elizabeth does not love me , but she does not always hate me , and when she brushes my hair perhaps she means to be kind . |
| 28 | ‘ Who are you meant to be protecting ? ’ |
| 29 | Are you meant to be here or you just ? |
| 30 | Well they 're we meant to be ? |