Example sentences of "[adv] that mean [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Ace was n't willing to trust Dubois further than she could throw him , since he seemed to use much the same methods as their enemies ; perhaps that meant he was no better than them .
2 Still was n't enough goals though even if Poland had beaten Holland , England still would n't have qualified because they needed , because er the opposition got a goal , they need to be , they had to win by seven clear goals so that meant they had to win eight one , not seven one , you see .
3 She knew for a fact that he had n't used a condom , so that meant he could n't get her pregnant .
4 To compensate , she took a secretarial course : ‘ So that meant I had something to fall back on if the athletics failed . ’
5 So that meant I had to call the police , always assuming that the local Neighbourhood Watch had n't .
6 So that meant I had to get the part of the , the top bit of the cup , thread it through the hoo , the hoop and then tie it in a knot !
7 So that means we need thirty thousand words from the Wirral .
8 yes , I was supposed to be going the morning well up until ten o'clock off , to go and see the assembly because er the lady I 've been replacing is back , so that means we have somebody spare around , but we 've got two people off this week
9 So that means we got ta do when , finish that one and another one today , and two more tomorrow .
10 So that means we 'll see the knife go actually into her stomach !
11 Can I just mention that the reason why some of the older properties in this village has steeper pitched roofs is not because they 're pantiled now , because originally they were erm , thatched , and the thatch needs a very steep pitch and particularly when there 's a erm a gable end higher than the pantiles , it 's where there was a thatched roof originally , but most of the older properties in this village are only one room wide , so you ca n't get a very big roof on , no matter how steep it is , the proposed houses here are in fact virtually sort of two rooms wide are n't they , so that means they are wide at the eves , I I would personally have thought that erm they could have been pitched a bit less .
12 Well A Alison goes out for one evening so that means I have to get back early for that evening
13 One lane and that means one lane one lane and so that means I 've got ta squeeze you out .
14 So that means I 'm faster than Anton and you .
15 so that means I 've got ta go up .
16 Yeah but he ca n't gi , so that means you ca n't go up cos you have n't got a chance to buy one .
17 So that means you 're gon na develop people .
18 so that means it 's er
19 She could hear Mary Deare droning on : ‘ Her light is going faint , and if it goes out that means she is dead .
20 Well that means they 've got ta come over the crossing .
21 Right y your day off , well that means you do n't want to come into the school ?
22 No seriously cos listen if 's not here that means we 're gon na have Mr taking us .
23 Maybe that meant he 'd changed his mind ; he did n't want her there after all .
24 So then that means me fri , I like to leave Friday
25 At least that meant she would n't have to discard her towel under Luke 's assessing gaze , Folly thought .
26 When the green light comes on again that means it 's done does n't it ?
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