Example sentences of "mean [indef pn] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were at great pains to explain that we were novices and aware that diving in Barbados was unlike diving in the UK and were told that ‘ courses taken on holiday mean nothing at all ’ and that we should be prepared to snorkel around a pool for six months should he deem it necessary , and that even if we did dive to any standard we would be taken on a dive ( presumably in a pool ) , and ‘ ripped down ’ until we eventually failed a test . |
| 2 | To our utter dismay and astonishment , he told us that our certificates meant nothing at all to him or BSAC and that ‘ even if Jacques Cousteau were to come along with a PADI qualification , no notice would be taken of it . ’ |
| 3 | Well , I meant nothing at all , I assure you . |
| 4 | ‘ Love , Leo , ’ meant nothing at all , she tried to convince herself . |
| 5 | He said this with a certain measured diffidence , as though it meant nothing at all to him , and was just a casual observation . |
| 6 | Two exquisite thoroughbreds , she supposed they had looked , chatting to one another in their high-pitched , well-bred " London " voices , filling each shop in turn with their faintly tittering laughter , making Frizingley aware — whatever it chose to whisper behind their backs — that the dynastic alliance of one trading " and therefore " common " fortune with another could mean nothing at all to them . |
| 7 | Or , like the note from a sick friend sent to the about-to-be-murdered Mrs Abby Borden of Fall River , it might mean something or might mean nothing at all . |
| 8 | If it meant anything at all it probably meant other people thought you were a bit like them . |
| 9 | If it meant anything at all , thought Henry , it was something along the lines of We have n't got a clue . |
| 10 | None of the combinations of possible future events meant anything at all , nor could mean anything until somebody caught up with Vecchi . |
| 11 | If Pindar in the Thirteenth Olympian meant anything at all by saying that the Muses breathed sweetly over Corinth , he was not referring to his own day but perhaps to that of the Corinthian Arion who invented the dithyramb . |
| 12 | It did n't mean anything at all . ’ |
| 13 | The multiplicity of utterance meanings does not mean that any linguistic expression can mean anything at all in complete disregard of what it means as a sentence . |
| 14 | As I have written in another context ( Dreamers , 1984 ) , ‘ Humanity is going to look pretty silly if it turns out that dreams do n't mean anything at all . ’ |
| 15 | ROS : Half of what he said meant something else , and the other half did n't mean anything at all . |
| 16 | Very often , it does not mean anything at all . |
| 17 | Does he mean anything at all by it ? |
| 18 | It was n't difficult to work out what each word meant , but when they were put together they either did n't mean anything at all or something quite unbelievable ( ‘ CIVIC CENTRE RATES RUMPUS ’ ) . |
| 19 | One point one , three , four , right , one point one , three , four , right , OK do it like that , although that does n't mean anything at all here , that 's the right answer , because you , you 've in ratings , right , if you wanted to , put it back on degrees , ah now press fifteen divide by seven equals and then press inverse . |
| 20 | It do n't mean anything at all , but then nevertheless , I mean they always want somebody to do these sort of things it 's all , all for a purpose I suppose |
| 21 | ‘ He means nothing at all , ’ his mother had intervened , ‘ except that you 've upset him . |
| 22 | Have you ever been working on a program late at night that throws up error codes with a number such as ‘ ERROR CODE 201 ’ which means nothing at all to you . |
| 23 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 24 | Now both the West Oxfordshire District Council and the Chipping Norton Parish Council erm voted overwhelmingly against this proposed scheme , and the fact that they 've put these recommendations to the County Council erm can I ask the three County Councillors present erm it means nothing at all from your point of view ? |
| 25 | Until now it had meant nothing at all , but now she really knew what it meant . |
| 26 | Jesus Christ 's resurrection has to become our resurrection if it is to mean anything at all . |
| 27 | If the idea of mobilizing community resources is to mean anything at all it must include helping parents and other carers to meet , and clarify needs , expectations and possibilities for further development . |
| 28 | If a right to conscientious tax diversion can be established in this way , then , if it is to mean anything at all , it must be proof against standard utilitarian objections , for example , those relating to the cost of administering such a scheme . |
| 29 | But for one to mean anything at all ( and so , to think ) , some sentence ( picture or the like ) must serve as it stands — that is , not need an accompanying interpretation . |
| 30 | But just when you think you know what they mean , they stop meaning anything at all — workflow systems and groupware have arrived |