Example sentences of "[conj] this [be] meant to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henson has done a lovely job of placing his famous characters in the novel 's context while never letting us forget that this is meant to be a huge extravaganza . |
| 2 | It was two beats before I realised that this was meant to be a very funny joke and then I struggled to match his guffaws , adding my own rather reedy piping to his basso mirth . |
| 3 | And this is meant to be hush-hush . |
| 4 | There 's no toilets , nothing for them , I mean they 're doing everything in public , I mean it 's not right , it 's making life bad and this is meant to be a holiday resort . |
| 5 | An essential requirement surely , if this was meant to be in any way a useful gift , would be an adequate number of notes . |
| 6 | But this was meant to be a family day … and they came in their thousands … the Shetland Pony Grand National was as big an attraction as the thoroughbred races . |