Example sentences of "[pers pn] was mean to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I was meant to be meeting someone too . ’ |
| 4 | Hell , I was meant to be looking after him and then you both started talking in the room next to mine . |
| 5 | and I was meant to be taking it in today , but I forgot and so I just |
| 6 | Perhaps she was meaning to be sympathetic . |
| 7 | She was n't meant to be happy , she was meant to be with me . |
| 8 | She was meant to be thinking about happy things . |
| 9 | She was meant to be persuading herself that life was worth living . |
| 10 | It was for Signora Kettering and her English upbringing told her that it was unthinkable to open letters addressed to someone else ; and yet as she came down the stairs and met the driver she had been taken , as she felt sure she was meant to be taken , for Signora Kettering . |
| 11 | ‘ Did you have any idea what the story was she was meant to be meeting this person in connection with ? ’ |
| 12 | Dexter crimped with irritation : Blanche fancied the man she was meant to be interviewing . |
| 13 | She was meant to be illustrating a new book for children , a fantasy story by a well-known author . |
| 14 | We think it was going to be the seventh and the eighth and the ninth , and they 've told Newcastle City it 's the ninth , but she was meant to confirmed last Wednesday , and she 's still not . |
| 15 | But the trouble was they were both at the same time after school where she was meant to be decorating the hall for the disco after school that night . |
| 16 | You was meant to , to tidy the lounge . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't see how it was meant to be funny . |
| 18 | For a child of five this was a terrifying experience , although it was meant to be a birthday treat . |
| 19 | Then it was meant to be Detroit , Chicago , St Louis and work its way west and end in Los Angeles but word of mouth , the cover story in Rolling Stone which Tony coerced out of them , and various other things created such a sensation that they lengthened it . |
| 20 | But it can make things a lot better for the sick , wounded and prisoners , as it was meant to . |
| 21 | He glanced up at Doyle to see if it was meant to be a joke , but Doyle was not smiling . |
| 22 | I have a very clear recollection of Nigel de Grey , sometime Lieutenant-Commander in the Naval Intelligence Division during the First World War , giving us a lecture on security which was psychologically scarifying , as indeed it was meant to be . |
| 23 | While the Odiham Society has earned and received its fair share of credit , it must be concluded that this modest proposal , so long in incubation , was likely even if put into effect , to have had only a marginal impact on the situation it was meant to remedy — as the society soon realised . |
| 24 | Because people refused — and still do refuse — to live life as it was meant to be lived , in happy friendship and obedience to God , evil is present , not only in our world , but within us all . |
| 25 | ‘ It was meant to be a supportive stake , ’ its chairman Jim Davies says . |
| 26 | It was meant to be funny , you know Gabriel . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I thought it was meant to be improper , ’ I said . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , it was meant to be improper , ’ said Ivy , in a full , satisfied tone . |
| 29 | IT WAS meant to be a marriage made in heaven . |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't know it was meant to be fancy dress though . ’ |