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Example sentences of "it was meant [prep] [be] [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	For a child of five this was a terrifying experience , although it was meant to be a birthday treat .
2	He glanced up at Doyle to see if it was meant to be a joke , but Doyle was not smiling .
3	‘ It was meant to be a supportive stake , ’ its chairman Jim Davies says .
4	IT WAS meant to be a marriage made in heaven .
5	Moses permitted divorce because of the human realities involved , for it was meant to be a protection for the woman against the possibility of physically aggressive acts from the husband .
6	‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand .
7	It was meant to be a jocular observation but even as I said it I knew that I had transgressed some important Gyggle taboo .
8	‘ I thought it was meant to be a secret , ’ said Camille .
9	It was meant to be a surprise .
10	Twoflower decided that it was meant to be a chuckle .
11	It closed a few years ago , they could n't knock it down because it was meant to be a prime example of nineteen thirties architecture .
12	‘ It was meant to be a compliment . ’
13	It was meant to be a dry run for a much bigger event in September .
14	It was meant to be a routine remand at Sutton Magistrates Court in South London .
15	‘ The saddest thing of all about it , ’ he says , ‘ is that it was meant to be the proudest . ’
16	then , it was meant to be the oldest house .
17	Erm it was meant to be the oldest house in erm Broadstone
18	First to er , Peter 's point about er Gillian Sheppard , on the er , on the er Direct , I must say to you , I got a bit of a surprise when I saw Gillian Sheppard in such brazen er fashion on er on Direct , but you know , you 've quickly got answers in this organization , and somebody said ah well , it was meant to be an obituary to her and they were a bit perceptive in that er respect .