Example sentences of "[vb past] it mean [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | When I saw my picture on the front page of the local newspaper I knew it meant trouble . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | All very well , but did it mean Ferdinando would be taken with them , together with Annunciata ? |
| 6 | They said it meant death . |