Example sentences of "know it mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Nell said , her brow wrinkling , ‘ I suppose I did get a message days ago to say the Chairman was coming , but I did n't know it meant him . |
| 2 | So if you see that phrase written down anywhere you 'll know it means Sale of Goods Act . |
| 3 | ‘ I know it meant that you did n't see your father but — ’ |
| 4 | Why does he say all , as if the crown were a toy , a plaything , a mere nothing — when both of us know it means everything to him ! |
| 5 | And that I , I would n't be adverse , I know it means you know you , you , if you put s some extra into one thing you 've got to take it away from somewhere else , but I , I , I would be quite happy to see them look at special needs and whether we actually need even more careers officer time for that . |
| 6 | ‘ The outside world perceived it as ‘ a job for life ’ , but people inside know it means you have EMPLOYMENT as long as you like . |
| 7 | Cos I , I , know , I know it means roughly in common terms cos , I got a sister to interpret it . |
| 8 | I know it means brother Jack but |
| 9 | My mother used to say that if anyone told her she was looking tired , she knew it meant that she was not looking very attractive either . |
| 10 | During the day if the whistle blew , she knew it meant death — somebody 's poppa or brother , perhaps her own — in that fearsome place below the ground , the mine . |
| 11 | When I saw my picture on the front page of the local newspaper I knew it meant trouble . ’ |
| 12 | I had heard the word before , and knew it meant a cruel punishment often used by pirates — leaving a man alone on some distant , empty island . |
| 13 | She mopped the liquid up from the floor with a clean towel , though she knew it meant presently lugging it all the way down to the launderette . |
| 14 | That might intensify that odd look of sympathy on his face , as if he already knew it meant something to her , when it meant nothing to him . |
| 15 | She could barely breathe , her heart pounding so hard that she had to shout shakily , ‘ Because I knew it meant you could n't have married me for my father 's company , and I wanted to find out why you 'd lied about it . ’ |
| 16 | but once they knew it meant going to India |