Example sentences of "[noun sg] mean nothing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time , the term meant nothing to her , but she had been intrigued , read the references to the religious wars in the regional guide-book and mentally filed the information for future use . |
| 2 | Millions of pounds of investment meant nothing to Bedford-St Pancras commuters when their long-awaited new electric trains were laid up in the sidings while BR and the rail unions hammered each other over one-man operation . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , but the term means nothing to me . |
| 4 | ‘ Religion means nothing to me , Mr Collins . |
| 5 | But she instructed her fast-beating heart not to be so idiotic , that Ven meant nothing by that other than that he was intrigued that her journalistic methods were unlike those of any other journalist he had met . |
| 6 | ‘ If your marriage means nothing to you , Harvey , ’ she said , ‘ then your self-respect should . |
| 7 | Bachelor means nothing without Husband or Father . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , dear , ’ Fabia muttered , trying to look intelligent but an alternator meaning nothing to her . |
| 9 | At least danger meant nothing to Shamlou now . |
| 10 | The cock means nothing by crowing , that he crows at this moment is mere happenstance . |
| 11 | The idiom means nothing to him , but he gets the idea . |
| 12 | Discretion meant nothing to her . |
| 13 | Finally one unnamed diplomat , whilst claiming that the name meant nothing to him , showed an unnatural willingness to make a note of D'Arcy 's message ‘ should he be able to trace such a man . ’ |
| 14 | It was a heavy leather-bound copy of Don Quixote , dramatically illustrated by a man whose name meant nothing to me at that time , Gustave Doré . |
| 15 | The name meant nothing to me , of course , but I recognized him as soon as he walked into my room this morning . |
| 16 | The name meant nothing to her . |
| 17 | But the name meant nothing to the visitor ; obviously his fame had not penetrated the student community . |
| 18 | The glorious traditions of the Service meant nothing to scum like that . |
| 19 | ‘ Again the name means nothing to me . ’ |
| 20 | Flayed by his voice , she tilted her chin defiantly , attempting to look as though his scorn meant nothing to her , though in truth it cut deeper than knives . |
| 21 | Pascoe looked at the figures , but the dialling code meant nothing to him . |
| 22 | The kiss meant nothing to Mr Seeders . |
| 23 | I was silent , for the news meant nothing to me . |
| 24 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to our friends in Manila , ’ he says , chattily , as though the difference in our rank means nothing to him . |
| 25 | A year ago the name Mani meant nothing to me . |
| 26 | I 've killed a man , he thought , but the realisation meant nothing to him in that mad moment . |
| 27 | The fact that we had ventured into disputed territory meant nothing to my father . |
| 28 | But the form of its success means nothing without the spirit that makes it work , and that is an altogether harder thing to copy . |
| 29 | ‘ The shoemaker means nothing to me , ’ Cranston replied . |
| 30 | The programmed " Have a nice day " lacks conviction , and courtesy means nothing without such conviction . |