Example sentences of "meant [that] [pron] had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It meant that they had already discussed the problem at length and decided what line to take . |
| 2 | Jenna did n't know if he meant that they had finally arrived after a long journey or if he was reliving his youth here , claiming his past again . |
| 3 | This meant that they had often moved to their present jobs away from their previous connections of kin and friends . |
| 4 | So while merchant prosperity was the reverse side of warrior impoverishment , the vested interests of merchants in the Bakufu- han structure meant that they had more to fear from change than from continuation of the system . |
| 5 | The decline of McCarthyism , moreover , meant that they had less to fear from the American right . |
| 6 | This meant that they had now gained a tremendous advantage over the reptiles , even causing the extinction of many of them . |
| 7 | It meant that they had almost to stand on the air , flapping furiously , and then drop the last few inches . |
| 8 | The everyday school uniform , now useless , meant that one had hardly anything to wear ! |
| 9 | As he previously spent most of his time living in his cab or in bed-and-breakfast accommodation while he was working , his dismissal meant that he had nowhere to live . |
| 10 | Loyalty to him , Richard knew , meant that she had never complained so far to anyone but himself about this business of living , instead of in a nice house , in a boat in the middle of London . |
| 11 | These figures were virtually unchanged when war broke out with Spain in 1739 ; but lack of maintenance under the Walpole regime meant that she had only 35 of the line fit for immediate use . |