Example sentences of "it was [adv] meant [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Egyptian sculptors had long known far more than their first Greek emulators about the structure of the human body , but the general effect of their work is ( as it was surely meant to be ) much less alive . |
| 2 | ‘ It was n't meant to be mad . |
| 3 | No , not at all , it was n't meant to be humiliating . |
| 4 | ‘ It was n't meant to be , Martin . |
| 5 | ‘ It was n't meant to be like this . ’ |
| 6 | It was n't meant to be a cycling holiday and we did n't take any bikes with us , but Peter and Judy had a bike apiece for us to borrow . |
| 7 | ‘ She 's on the front line , ’ he said and it was n't meant to be enigmatic . |
| 8 | So if you programme for something which fails to materialise , then you should not blame or punish yourself , or decide it was not meant to be . |
| 9 | But it was not meant to be a paean to Ecstasy . |
| 10 | Chapman 's prediction that it would be five years before Arsenal won a major honour was not only , with hindsight , amazingly accurate ; it was also meant to be realistic . |
| 11 | After all , the demonstration was not merely something to watch , it was also meant to be demonstrative evidence , ‘ demonstrating ’ as the geometer demonstrates his theorem and puts QED when he has done it . |
| 12 | Not feet wrong , no note out , meal like it was always meant to be . |
| 13 | Not feet wrong , no note out , meal like it was always meant to be . |
| 14 | Modesty has settled on the organ of conviction ; where it was never meant to be . |
| 15 | It was always an ornament , it was never meant to be used as an every day kettle . |
| 16 | When asked about the F-factor , she said : ‘ I think it was hyped up into something that it was never meant to be . |
| 17 | Why the date 1785 was used is uncertain ; it was said by Professor J.G. Wright to commemorate the meeting of the Odiham Agricultural Society when the first mention of the idea of improving farriery was made , but the strong possibility remains that it was originally meant to be 1875 , the year the College received its Charter of Incorporation and adopted its coat of arms , and that someone corrected what was wrongly assumed to be an error . |
| 18 | Over the years , 't was not meant to be , |