Example sentences of "[conj] it mean [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a chance came up to do them early we took it , although it meant we only had nine working days to fit in with Magnox Shutdown . |
| 2 | Actually I was so anxious to have him that I would have said anything — but I did put my marriage first , I made that choice , and although it meant I had many , many years of frustration as an actress , I 'm not sorry I made that choice . |
| 3 | We moved in with them , although it meant I had a long journey to the hospital every day and I had to sleep there when I was on call , and we stayed with them until he was nine . |
| 4 | That it meant nothing , less than nothing , to Mrs Hatton he was sure at once . |
| 5 | He 'd thought that it was a nickname , that it meant nothing special , and they 'd let him go on thinking that way until he 'd found out different . |
| 6 | He had simply been angry and believed that it meant he had been right all the time and that his sister really was in Hepzibah 's Power . |
| 7 | When words ran as thin on him as this , he sometimes managed to suppose that it meant he was unconsciously saving them to write with . |
| 8 | It is to have failed to give the transcendence of God its proper cash value , to have weakened it so that it means something like ‘ outside the solar system ’ or ‘ above the galaxy ’ . |
| 9 | The derivation of the word ‘ fact ’ can indeed remind us that it means something constructed rather than just observed . |
| 10 | The lack of public confidence in the police and the declining status of the police profession was commented upon by a police constable : ‘ I want to leave the station wearing my uniform and feel proud , that it means something , honour and dignity . |
| 11 | The court has held that it means something more than " useful " , " reasonable " or " desirable . " |
| 12 | So one reason [ for reviewing consents ] is it does n't make any difference to the river system ; another is that it means we 're not prepared to follow the thing through on a legal basis . |
| 13 | I suppose not if you think that it means there 's only two hundred and forty heterosexuals with AIDS in the country . |
| 14 | ‘ Any fool can pull a trigger , girl , so it means nothing . ’ |
| 15 | They will follow the G and I ca n't , so it means I shall drop out of politics altogether . |
| 16 | I play Elmo and he 's only two and a half so it means I can play like that . |
| 17 | The landlord was glad to leave preparing the room to Auntie Hetty and Philippa , and it meant they could pop in and out during the week bringing now the cake stand , now extra vases for flowers . |
| 18 | Eileen was dead and it meant nothing to them at all . |
| 19 | It was natural , really , and it meant nothing nothing at all . |
| 20 | and it meant we had a regular rehearsal space — which we used nearly every day . |
| 21 | And it meant she could stand up for Darren , who showed no sign of needing anything but his hard little fists and a certain way with words . |
| 22 | This is a pity , as it means that students find it harder to get their names known , and it means they lose out on a degree of publicity . |
| 23 | Us Oaks 'as paid for t'privilege o' working it and it means nowt ti me . ’ |
| 24 | Beyond this , current sensations converge with knowledge and memory and desire to make sense of the experience of the present : I not only experience this object but I recognize it — as something of a certain kind ; as yours , as mine , as something I have seen before ; and it means something to me in terms of my appetites and needs and ambitions . |
| 25 | And it means nothing to the layman , two Greek words meaning ‘ grey ’ and ‘ marrow ’ , so we 've given it an easier name , infantile paralysis , which at least is English . ’ |
| 26 | Yes yes and it means she does get out and does see other people . |
| 27 | A microwave oven could be a lifesaver this Christmas and it means you 'll spend less time slaving over a hot stove . |
| 28 | It was not a risk he was likely to take , even if it meant him staying at his desk for the next twenty-four hours . |
| 29 | She did not know of the vow he had made that if it ever did come he would make sure she was the first to go , even if it meant him staying in the Cages . |
| 30 | If it meant her staying in power that , I mean she |