Example sentences of "[pers pn] usually means " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the movement only goes upwards it usually means pride or arrogance . |
| 2 | If the movement is only downwards it usually means disgrace or tiredness . |
| 3 | It usually means clattering over ice and rocks down a three-foot-wide piste , in gale-force winds and horizontal rain . |
| 4 | It is more important in simpler forms of learning such as skill learning when it usually means repetition . |
| 5 | If the tail swings very vigorously from side to side it usually means that the animal is about to attack , if it can summon up that last ounce of aggression . |
| 6 | In such cases it usually means that a man has , at some time in the past , hurt the cat in question . |
| 7 | Incidentally , if you see a catalogue description of ‘ antique ’ applied to a binding , it usually means exactly the opposite . |
| 8 | And although there is usually another promise about interest rates , in the long run it usually means very little . |
| 9 | After years of military rule , they know that it usually means just one thing : a military coup . |
| 10 | ‘ When people say that about restaurants , ’ said my mother grimly , ‘ it usually means cockroaches . ’ |
| 11 | At the 1985 Women 's Hearings on Reproductive Technology at the European Parliament , Theresia Degener recognised the difficulty , saying ’ fear of the birth of a handicapped child is all too justified because for mothers it usually means isolation and discrimination , giving up their jobs and/or poverty … |
| 12 | ‘ It usually means a court-martial or a decoration the governor has n't time for anything else . |
| 13 | It usually means Scott has fallen asleep |