Example sentences of "'re mean to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delighted he 's being given the O.K. , unsure what we 're meant to be doing now , and HUNGRY ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You 're meant to be thinking about your big ride not a married man . ’ |
| 4 | The oblong block markers are n't centrally positioned either ; perhaps they 're meant to be offset as well … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They 're meant to be dull . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ On this one , we 're meant to be working together . ’ |
| 9 | We 're meant to be trusting each other . ‘ |
| 10 | I think in some ways it 's better , because girls are meant to get on better in the sciences in girls ' schools ; they 're meant to be pushed backwards a bit in boys ' schools . |
| 11 | Apparently what the erm busmen do is they have to make sure that they get to where they 're meant to be on time otherwise they get their pay docked but they like to stop off and see their friends on the way , and stop and have cups of tea |
| 12 | ‘ Come on , Dexter , you 're meant to be giving me inspiration not falling asleep , ’ she snapped . |
| 13 | They 're meant to be operating in Britain again , smuggling drugs . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not sure if we 're meant to be making this up or not , ’ muses Gordon . |
| 15 | Is that what we 're meant to be doing this term , tutorials ? |
| 16 | We 're meant to be two mature , civilised adults , so why ca n't we behave like it ? ’ |
| 17 | The last week 's rehearsal has been a virtual write-off , and you 're meant to be facing a preview audience on Monday . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 're meant to be respectable , you are , ’ she said . |
| 19 | They 're meant to be a bunch so wedded to the mainland , so loyal to the English crown , that they 'd even fight against the government if they thought it necessary . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not sure if we 're meant to be making this up or not , ’ muses Gordon . |
| 21 | We know if it made any note of where we 're meant to be going . |
| 22 | No , too right ! deciding what we 're meant to be having . |
| 23 | No it sounds like you 're meant to be doing . |
| 24 | We 're running balloons on them , they 're meant to be like blown balloon things . |
| 25 | part you 're not part of this school , we 're meant to be part of the school . |