Example sentences of "that meant [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Back home , it was a sound that meant something . |
| 5 | — that meant something , |
| 6 | To the Tysons , that meant nothing extravagant — just an extra £135 a month to make life at home in South Ruislip , Middlesex easier . |
| 7 | It began with muffled voices that meant nothing . |
| 8 | Kevin and his brother were putting back the whiskeys and talking about things that meant nothing to her . |
| 9 | Others were obscure , yet-to-come images that meant nothing to her . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 12 | And that meant everything to him … |
| 13 | ‘ It 's the only oracle I 've ever read that meant anything to me . ’ |