Example sentences of "meant another " in BNC.

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1 He had to get up early to go on local radio , which meant another journey back into Edinburgh in the morning .
2 At Mrs Parvis 's , things were often pretending to be other things , like Mrs Parvis saying one thing when she meant another , things were hiding other things , like scraps of rug concealing cracks , white glass windows concealing sick children .
3 I was sure she meant another Famlio ship .
4 A crack on the pavement meant another night when her dad would come in roaring drunk and roaring them all in and out of bed all night to say the catechism .
5 Later , it was argued that the coming of cultivation meant another , although admittedly much less traumatic change , and resulted in weaning becoming established as a major and most significant developmental stage .
6 And it all meant another marvellous morning of wonderfully over the top tabloid headlines .
7 I scowled at the thought of having to fork out the half-crown to cover his fine , which simply meant another day 's profits down the drain .
8 down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday
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