Example sentences of "that mean [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , I 'm not into things that happen for effect or for taste ; I like doing things that mean something . |
| 2 | The first thing you 've go to do is you 've got to provide services that mean something to everyone at work . |
| 3 | The Labour party has learnt nothing about the deep-seated wish of the British people for local government structures that reflect what they feel about their local communities , and units of government that mean something to them and are not imposed on them . |
| 4 | Dagbladet yesterday brought a table from the spanish first division ( =premier ) with albacete listed even though they were not in the top five : ie they listed the top-five teams some ‘ … ’ and albacete : im quite sure that mean something though nothing more in the papers today . |
| 5 | Because our conscious memories are selective , because we remember stories that meant something to us , that spoke to us , your answer will reveal to you a great deal about the way you used stories when you were a child . |
| 6 | When , a long time ago now , Stephen had tried to call him Dad or Father and drop the babyish name , he had shouted that Stephen was all he had in the world and could n't he have a little bit of kindness and call him by the one name that meant something ? |
| 7 | Constance frequently reiterated that she would never buy anything that had belonged to somebody else , that meant something to them , that had been warm against their skin or over the fireplace : only brand-new articles , the stuff of commerce in transit between factory and store , the owners of which already had more money than was good for them and were themselves no better than they should be . |
| 8 | Back home , it was a sound that meant something . |
| 9 | — that meant something , |
| 10 | To the Tysons , that meant nothing extravagant — just an extra £135 a month to make life at home in South Ruislip , Middlesex easier . |
| 11 | It began with muffled voices that meant nothing . |
| 12 | Kevin and his brother were putting back the whiskeys and talking about things that meant nothing to her . |
| 13 | Others were obscure , yet-to-come images that meant nothing to her . |
| 14 | He pulled them both under the blanket , cradled her to him , crooned words that meant nothing in her ear , kissed new tears from her cheeks . |
| 15 | ‘ Who would have believed that Haagen-Dazs could build a market for a product retailing at just under £3 per tub with a name that meant nothing , with understated quirky packaging in a country where a major recession was started to bite ? |
| 16 | And that meant everything to him … |
| 17 | ‘ It 's the only oracle I 've ever read that meant anything to me . ’ |
| 18 | Well that means everybody 's happier . |
| 19 | In retrospect she says the most important thing is for parents to build in some kind of motivation or prospect that means something to their offspring . |
| 20 | Mystery couple , ( they wo n't give their names ) : ‘ They ( The Smiths ) make music that means something . |
| 21 | This collection of 40 , hour-long videos covers every year from 1930 to 1969 — just choose a year that means something to your loved one and let them sit back and capture the atmosphere with news , special events and TV clips of the time . |
| 22 | Any any way that means something to you that 's a good way . |
| 23 | And there 's people , like famous people of the telly just sitting and talking erm , and saying prayers every night , and walking around a typical area that means something to them . |
| 24 | If I see this and if I see that , then that means something else , and that something else taken in conjunction with something else that I see might suggest so and so , and so on . |
| 25 | I 'm not sure that rock'n'roll should be anything more than joyous noise — maybe ultimately one that means nothing , but then so what … ? ’ |
| 26 | Contrite at first , but ‘ naughty ’ is an adult idea that means nothing to toddlers . |
| 27 | There is no point in spending time on collecting data that means nothing . |
| 28 | She takes away everything that means anything to him — his jewels , his ducats , the family religion and herself . |