Example sentences of "meant that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very stillness of his muscles meant that I 'd touched something he 'd thought hidden . |
| 2 | ‘ It meant that I 'd got through all my policies … [ they ] all had a little bit of fun and expression and there was no change in policy . |
| 3 | This meant that I got into the Library . |
| 4 | The amounts of exercise I did meant that I had to eat more than my father ! |
| 5 | This meant that I had a variety of other ‘ close ones ’ to look after me , and a rota was instituted . |
| 6 | It meant that I had to renew my Jamaican passport . |
| 7 | The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them . |
| 8 | This meant that I had , from the beginning , to spend a lot of time with my family while Dawn was learning to sit on my fist . |
| 9 | It meant that I had another thirty miles in his car . |
| 10 | And it meant that I had free access to the whole of the so much so , I had a key to the bottom of entry in er access to the firm and I could get in when I liked . |
| 11 | It was a lovely shop , bought it up here up But , me brother left the brew left the pub and er it meant that I had to get out you know . |
| 12 | I heard no more on the subject ; and if this meant that I had failed to persuade Eliot to devote precious time to reading the book , I was more relieved than otherwise . |
| 13 | ‘ The variety of work which included anything from milk quotas to mortgage repossessions , meant that I had to be practical and adapt quickly . |
| 14 | Fortunately it became necessary for me to accompany the well-known Solveig 's Song on a dulcitone , which meant that I had to be close beside her in the wings . |
| 15 | That morning Doreen 's absence meant that I had to make the coffee and take in the biscuits to Mr Hutton . |
| 16 | ‘ Your absence meant that I had her all to myself at breakfast — with the additional pleasure of escorting her personally to school . ’ |
| 17 | from Liverpool Street I wanted to get to Oxford Circus which meant that I had to change at , I forget where now , because I 'm in such a , a muddle now after all this , |
| 18 | Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better . |
| 19 | It also meant that I became much more familiar with the area I lived in and the people around . ’ |
| 20 | This meant that I walked further than recorded . |
| 21 | However a 55 minute delivery when I was already on the way home on a Wednesday afternoon , meant that I missed it . |
| 22 | I 'm afraid that my moment away from the phone also meant that I missed my opportunity to query whether I am really the right person for the job . |
| 23 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was the centenary I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that , and then when we elected erm two people honourary freeman of the town I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and mace bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the Assembly Hall , which was sort of packed out with about four hundred people . |
| 24 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors , and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was a centenary , I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago , and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that . |
| 25 | I was n't a bound apprentice , as such , I did n't have to er it meant that I did n't have to stay with them . |
| 26 | I did n't relish this : not least because it meant that I did n't break my silence until the cheese course . |
| 27 | I meant that I did n't know his name was Verlander . ’ |
| 28 | I merely meant that I love you too much to refuse you anything — only I 'm probably an idiot to admit it ! ’ |