Example sentences of "it be [adv] meant to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a , one of them little it 's probably meant to be that colour , one of them little clay coloured things has got a black end on it there but er |
| 2 | It 's not a particularly convincing rationale , but it 's not meant to be — any more than George Orwell was literally predicting the future in 1984 . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not meant to be , ’ he said , rubbing his stubbly chin , staring into space . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes Please ’ is n't about thrills and pills , it 's not meant to be consumed through a pumping club sound system , it 's altogether on a much mellower tip . |
| 5 | ‘ And it 's not meant to be a joke . |
| 6 | If that sounds flippant or heartless , it 's not meant to be . |
| 7 | It 's not meant to be fun , ’ the front-seat passenger joked , the others joining in the dirty insinuating laughter . |
| 8 | So , er , what the description was there by the way , it 's not meant to be a description of the person . |
| 9 | Well , it 's not meant to be . |
| 10 | It 's not meant to be like that . |
| 11 | You 're not meant to do that , it 's not meant to be like that . |
| 12 | ( Sometimes the discussion of rebirth sounds like Shirley Maclean 's writings on ‘ channelling ’ , though one suspects it is not meant to . ) |
| 13 | It is not meant to be an exclusive list , and nothing would please us more than to hear from readers about others — or their shortcomings , if the case deserved it . |
| 14 | It is not meant to be a book with the message of ‘ here 's how to cope . ’ |
| 15 | If that sounds like a counsel of perfection , it is not meant to be , for Paul is showing the practicalities of love when put into action . |
| 16 | It is not meant to be the Curriculum Vitae of everyone involved in writing the thing ! |
| 17 | A genuine higher education is unsettling ; it is not meant to be a cosy experience . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ It was n't meant to be mad . |
| 20 | No , not at all , it was n't meant to be humiliating . |
| 21 | ‘ It was n't meant to be , Martin . |
| 22 | ‘ It was n't meant to be like this . ’ |
| 23 | It happened , but it … it was n't meant to ! ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ She 's on the front line , ’ he said and it was n't meant to be enigmatic . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But it was not meant to be a paean to Ecstasy . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Not feet wrong , no note out , meal like it was always meant to be . |