Example sentences of "have meant a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , the wallet might have meant a tussle . |
| 2 | He was offered enormous sums to go to South Africa but would never contemplate it ; it would have meant a betrayal of everything he stood for , a soul-selling of Faustian proportions . |
| 3 | Normally , this would have meant a day off work to attend a training session at a cost of at least £150 per head . |
| 4 | ‘ But that would n't have meant a thing to Elise , would it ? |
| 5 | George could have cabled Maxim , but that would have meant a cypher clerk at each end reading the material , and a letter by diplomatic bag would have taken at least thirty-six hours . |
| 6 | This would have meant a gain of one seat to SDLP . |
| 7 | He thinks his team were robbed of a penalty which could have meant a replay . |
| 8 | That was another oft-told story in our family because it must have meant a lot in those days , owning your own house instead of paying rent to a landlord . |