Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [is] [not/n't] meant " in BNC.

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1 And it 's not meant to be a joke .
2 The man is not enjoying this , but he 's not meant to .
3 Is the funding council to be the creature — it is an unpleasant word , but it is not meant unpleasantly — of the Scottish Office ?
4 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 .
5 Er only a bit of fun this really , it 's not a It it can be a serious exercise but it 's not meant to put you under any pressure .
6 ‘ All right , gossip , but it 's not meant unkindly .
7 And in the depots , when you are in the depot , people are cutting them , and if that 's the case , we , all of you , just remember , what we did , right just being as critical as we can of one another , to alter the way in which behave , but it 's not meant in any way , shape or form to be a criticism .
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