Example sentences of "[pers pn] be meant to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Do n't forget that for tonight at least you and I are meant to be lovers . ’ |
2 | She was a mutilated machine , and besides she has already forgotten him : I am meant to be comforted by that ? |
3 | And I 'm meant to be on holiday . |
4 | I 'm meant to be an actor . |
5 | ‘ I 'm meant to be riding all Ibn Fayoud 's horses . ’ |
6 | I 'm meant to be calm ? |
7 | I 'm meant to be fair ? |
8 | I was poorly , I said — and now I 'm meant to be lying down in my room . |
9 | I 'm meant to be dead , pinned . |
10 | I 'm meant to be well now and it 's not much cop . ’ |
11 | Me , I 'm meant to be a Catholic . |
12 | I 'm meant to be fighting the Germans , not going to a wedding , he said out loud , as he looked at himself in the cracked mirror above the washbasin . |
13 | Dad I 'm meant to be doing that , is that the top one ? |
14 | I 'm meant to be twelve |
15 | So you know it 's all I 'm meant to be seeing that Heather one day this week but I have n't rung her . |
16 | Erm hang on I 've got quite a lot , I 'm meant to be going to choir tonight but I really ca n't be bothered , I mean |
17 | Well I 'm meant to be funny darling . |
18 | 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 ’ ? |
19 | 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 . |
20 | I was meant to be meeting someone too . ’ |
21 | Hell , I was meant to be looking after him and then you both started talking in the room next to mine . |
22 | and I was meant to be taking it in today , but I forgot and so I just |
23 | That feeling that you are not where you are meant to be . |
24 | ‘ Miss Honey tells me that you are meant to be clever , too ! |
25 | The individual experiences of recovery are so varied and the learning opportunities so diverse that there is a general maxim , " Where you are is where you are meant to be " , which implies that one can learn from any experience and put it to good use in recovery . |
26 | You 're meant to be collectively the highest strategic decision-making body in the land and here are all these great slices of crucial economic decisions done in a group in which ministers are outnumbered three or four to one by officials . |
27 | You 're meant to be thinking about your big ride not a married man . ’ |
28 | The next questionnaire is designed to help you look at your work and get clear in your head what you 're meant to be doing and how . |
29 | I went into this field and I sat there and cried for hours in this pouring rain and I suddenly thought to myself , ‘ This is ridiculous , this is no good — you 're not meant to be an actor , you 're meant to be something else — a comedian . ’ |
30 | ‘ Come on , Dexter , you 're meant to be giving me inspiration not falling asleep , ’ she snapped . |