Example sentences of "[vb past] it mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | They never used it to mean an earthly kingdom in the sense of an area of land which was ruled by God . |
| 2 | This really means relationship by marriage , but naturalists used it to mean family relationship , recognizing that horses and donkeys were closely related even though they denied any actual evolutionary connections . |
| 3 | Having looked up this jargonistic word in our dictionary , we found it to mean ‘ Instruction : The art of science of teaching ’ . |
| 4 | The Americans assumed it meant that Saddam was there . |
| 5 | When that happened it meant he was drunk , sprawled out on the sofa if he had n't been able to reach the bed . |
| 6 | It 's not lost geographically being lost , you know where you are , you know when you 're , you know , you know your situation in time , in space , i in in geographic location , you know what you 're doing and all the rest of it , when the bible uses the word lost it means lost for the purpose for which God intended it . |
| 7 | But she had quickly learned that his definition of the word went far beyond what she understood it to mean . |
| 8 | My mother used to say that if anyone told her she was looking tired , she knew it meant that she was not looking very attractive either . |
| 9 | During the day if the whistle blew , she knew it meant death — somebody 's poppa or brother , perhaps her own — in that fearsome place below the ground , the mine . |
| 10 | When I saw my picture on the front page of the local newspaper I knew it meant trouble . ’ |
| 11 | I had heard the word before , and knew it meant a cruel punishment often used by pirates — leaving a man alone on some distant , empty island . |
| 12 | She mopped the liquid up from the floor with a clean towel , though she knew it meant presently lugging it all the way down to the launderette . |
| 13 | That might intensify that odd look of sympathy on his face , as if he already knew it meant something to her , when it meant nothing to him . |
| 14 | She could barely breathe , her heart pounding so hard that she had to shout shakily , ‘ Because I knew it meant you could n't have married me for my father 's company , and I wanted to find out why you 'd lied about it . ’ |
| 15 | but once they knew it meant going to India |
| 16 | He was entranced by all that he thought it meant , the warm curve of young lips , the gentle gleam of understanding in the steady eyes . |
| 17 | His parents , perplexed by this endless repetition , thought it meant that he was unable to get anything right . |
| 18 | And someone said he did n't go because he thought it meant we were n't confirmed ! ’ |
| 19 | I thought it meant a man who hated a woman . |
| 20 | Some thought it meant there were a greater number of search modes . |
| 21 | It got me out of clearing tables for a living , but I thought it meant more than that . |
| 22 | They thought it meant nothing ; but I have tried to keep my promise . |
| 23 | ‘ Sláinte , ’ she echoed , and hoped it meant what she thought it meant . |
| 24 | He thought it meant breasts . |
| 25 | We are very sorry the train at number eleven platform eleven , when you get to Lemington on it , get out if you 're going to Banbury , there will be a coach , because there 's a fire at Banbury , well I thought it meant there was something on the other side of the railway , it was , a factory near there so , so then er they get you in |
| 26 | from Gloucester , he thought it meant Glasgow . |
| 27 | ‘ Bill took it to mean that he might have to pull out of the yard or even out of racing altogether . ’ |
| 28 | The form of privatisation , normally held to be conversion into a limited company with sale of shares and promise of profits generated from the company 's activities was unclear , but most took it to mean sale at auction . |
| 29 | She was able to roam further afield now , for Kit Everard felt he could gamble on her honour ( he hoped she was becoming attached to him too ) , and allowed her to walk on the beach by herself , and swim out to sea , even though he realised it meant she could slip out of the compound , for the sections of the stockade that he had left till last would enclose the shore . |
| 30 | YOU 'D be forgiven for thinking that LES AMANTS DU PONT NEUF ( Cert 18 ; W.E. ) — translated it means ‘ Lovers on the Pont Neuf ’ — would be all hearts and flowers . |