Example sentences of "they [was/were] mean to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were meant to be a pro group while we were just starting out . |
| 2 | They were meant to be for his weight but I 'm not sure I believe that . |
| 3 | There were hundreds of companies coming to us for funds and they were meant to be writing their business plans properly and cogently . |
| 4 | They were meant to be The Rolling Stones of their time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They were meant to be devoid of personal feelings , deadpan , like lawyers who had to defend a case they did n't believe in , who went home at the end of the day leaving all their patients ' foibles filed away in their consulting rooms . |
| 11 | That 's all they had to go on — they did n't even know what key they were meant to be playing in . |
| 12 | In the darkness they seemed not the amusing and-loveable clowns they were meant to be but somehow menacing . |
| 13 | Well , when Wyn had his stethoscope in his ears I wondered if they were meant to be him . |
| 14 | I knew that they were sincere and above all that they were meant to be helpful . |
| 15 | The smile froze on her face as his words , jocular though they were meant to be , slammed home with the force of a bullet . |
| 16 | He said and I do n't think that they were meant to be perhaps they were meant to be in order of importance . |
| 17 | He said and I do n't think that they were meant to be perhaps they were meant to be in order of importance . |
| 18 | You see , pound coins were not made to rest in drains , they were meant to circulate , they were meant to be used , they were meant as a means of currency and that 's what the bible means when it talks about being lost . |
| 19 | But with Mao 's law it was n't complete erm egalitarianism because landlords erm rich peasants were to receive less , they were meant to be penalized were n't they ? |
| 20 | Fernando loved her and she loved him and they were meant to be together . |
| 21 | This morning in Blackpool Mr Patten apologised for the comments , saying they were meant to be ’ satirical ’ . |
| 22 | They were meant to be looking after this lad and they had clearly got a duty to do so . ’ |