Example sentences of "[conj] it was mean to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a child of five this was a terrifying experience , although it was meant to be a birthday treat . |
| 2 | Twoflower decided that it was meant to be a chuckle . |
| 3 | ‘ The saddest thing of all about it , ’ he says , ‘ is that it was meant to be the proudest . ’ |
| 4 | He glanced up at Doyle to see if it was meant to be a joke , but Doyle was not smiling . |
| 5 | If it was meant to be it would be , I would n't have to do a thing about it . |
| 6 | The Shah appropriated the idea of reform to himself an launched what he called his " White Revolution " — white because it was meant to be bloodless . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was n't a warm day though it was meant to be spring , and she felt colder thinking of him standing about in the mud of a building site . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then up here in my studio , without a word being spoken , everything came back plainly into view , as it was meant to be . |
| 11 | It was a degrading experience ; as it was meant to be . |
| 12 | Penelope lay among them , eating the cold leathery pizza — surely not quite as it was meant to be ? and drinking sweet tea . |
| 13 | 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 . |