Example sentences of "[pers pn] meant [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That afternoon I meant to search the Bible for information , though I knew little of it . |
| 2 | I meant cut the erm , . |
| 3 | I meant to pop the enclosed in a drawer of the chest of drawers to thank you for its removal — better late than never , and the card early to save a stamp . |
| 4 | I meant to put a lot more bulbs in over the I 've still got time actually . |
| 5 | ‘ If I could n't get rid of him straight away , then I meant to keep an eye on him , ’ he interrupted grimly . |
| 6 | I meant to start the tape a little further on , ’ said Hugo to Valerie . |
| 7 | I 've got to look at it today , I meant to have a look . |
| 8 | You even predicted the Leeds score when you meant to predict the England score |
| 9 | Clearly , she meant to have a drink . |
| 10 | To rail at her meant opening a conversation , and this involved preposterous changes in his day . |
| 11 | That was a more reliable plan if they meant to catch the next flight . |
| 12 | This did not mean that he was at all sympathetic to evolutionary ideas , which seemed crude and mechanical ; but he was not patient either with ‘ Bridgewater writing ’ , because it meant seeing the hand of God more in some things than others . |
| 13 | It 's about time somebody killed this ‘ debate ’ dead in its tracks , even if it meant stating the obvious ; that postmodernism is nothing more than Situationism without the socialism , the archetypal assimilation of revolutionary technique and terminology . |
| 14 | ‘ It meant breaking the gates down . |
| 15 | After a successful return the crowd again got at the youth and Chapman decided to let him go , ‘ though it meant sacrificing a player who , I was convinced , had exceptional possibilities of development ’ . |
| 16 | such informal group norms were important to the workers even to the extent that an individual worker might refuse promotion if it meant leaving the group ; |
| 17 | She turned in that direction even though it meant leaving the path . |
| 18 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 19 | Newman accepted the job , even though it meant taking a drop in salary . |
| 20 | She would show him what it meant to rouse a sleeping volcano . |
| 21 | Such pugilistic interludes were usually short-lived however , for it meant incurring the wrath of the landlord , one Nathanial Nelmes , better known as ‘ Knocker ’ . |
| 22 | Although the viewers would still see the planned number of episodes , production-wise it meant re-engaging the regular cast for an extra week 's recording : potentially expensive as contracts would need to be re-negotiated . |
| 23 | Mr Scargill says the Soviet pitmen 's present was intended for international purposes , but the Soviet democratic labour movement says it meant to ease the hardship of striking British miners . |
| 24 | Since the party was dominated by trade unions accepting it meant accepting an intricate network of loyalties rather than accepting socialism : Idealism was in fact rather less necessary , or sustaining , than loyalty within a trade-union dominated Labour Party . |
| 25 | Perhaps Cromwell , when he passed , also found the door of Coldingham Priory locked and decided that he would get in anyway , even if it meant removing a whole wall in order to do so . |
| 26 | Not knowing what it meant to have a past , he did n't miss it . |
| 27 | In his notice of appeal he contends that the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission made on his behalf that any consideration of the welfare of the children in the context of the exercise of a judicial discretion under article 13 ( a ) of the Convention was only relevant as a material factor if it meant placing the children in an intolerable situation under article 13 ( b ) . |
| 28 | He questioned whether it would be possible to prosecute them with any chance of success with the present rules of evidence and he would be against proceeding if it meant changing the way in which the courts worked . |
| 29 | If one of us was really late , but could be seen running to catch the tram , Carnera waited , even if it meant starting a little behind time . |
| 30 | Only because it meant knocking the others over like , you know . |