Example sentences of "meant [that] [pron] do " in BNC.

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1 Government recognized that nurses did not take strike action and believed that it was right to have a system of pay determination which meant that they did not lose by that policy .
2 I was n't a bound apprentice , as such , I did n't have to er it meant that I did n't have to stay with them .
3 I did n't relish this : not least because it meant that I did n't break my silence until the cheese course .
4 I meant that I did n't know his name was Verlander . ’
5 ‘ I know it meant that you did n't see your father but — ’
6 He meant that he did n't want it to be .
7 This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support .
8 This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support .
9 Then he subsequently moved one person from the ground floor onto the first floor , which meant that he did require a fire certificate .
10 I thanked Paul 's wife for doing all the cooking , whereupon she remarked that she did n't mind because it meant that she did n't have to watch the Trek videos or play the games .
11 Her approach to clothes was matched by a mother in Ritchie 's study who noted that the cost of fuel meant that she did not light the fire during the day when her children were at school but saved the limited fuel supplies to protect their standard of living .
12 Surely he was bright enough to realise that her deliberate snub meant that she did n't want to see him again ?
13 From its first meeting it was also identified with the anti-slavery movement and this meant that it did not establish itself in America , where many religious leaders were wary of too close an identification with such a divisive issue .
14 It was suggested that the extension of the period to three years from one required the attribution of a different meaning because the Theophile construction meant that it did not really matter what the period was ; as long as there was a debt , a bankruptcy petition could be presented .
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