Example sentences of "[be] meant to be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were meant to be a pro group while we were just starting out . |
| 2 | The biographer of Edward the Confessor shows us ( in what is meant to be a panegyric ) the picture of a thoroughly idle king , who spent much of his time ‘ in the glades and woods in the pleasures of hunting ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I raise my glass to Victor , and give what 's meant to be a shamefaced grin but probably looks like a careless . |
| 5 | Well she 's meant to be a real bitch anyway . |
| 6 | Coal flecked bacon and sausage will be a sharp reminder of reality in what 's meant to be a complete surrender to fantasy . |
| 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 this was meant to be a friendly chat not a bloody interrogation . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It was meant to be a supportive stake , ’ its chairman Jim Davies says . |
| 10 | ‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand . |
| 11 | It was meant to be a dry run for a much bigger event in September . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The summer that was meant to be a grandiloquent celebration of Spanish glory and its new role in Europe and as a bridge to Latin America is turning sour . |
| 14 | Nigel Steen led Charles , with what was meant to be a lordly gesture , into the study next door . |
| 15 | Biff Vokins looked up from his desk — this was meant to be a private study period — and gave an enquiring glance . |
| 16 | It is beyond doubt that the service was meant to be a social institution with aims in addition to those of an economic nature . |
| 17 | Probably because for a while he was meant to be a wild child around the Hollywood hills . |
| 18 | He flashed Charles what was meant to be a frank smile . |
| 19 | I was one of the bowlers asked to provide the cannon fodder to the big international batting stars on what was meant to be a fun day out . |