Example sentences of "mean more to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a fool , I thought Sam 's safety meant more to him than those bloody royalties . |
| 2 | Lewis never forgot that the military chain of command replicates the social scale , and the issues of the class war meant more to him than those of the fighting war . |
| 3 | He was putting her away from him , because in the end Rebecca was vulnerable , and she meant more to him than anyone else . |
| 4 | Mavis and Walter , pretending ‘ their horse 's welfare meant more to them than eating ’ , set off up the train to eat in the racegoers ' dining car , and so did Angelica , ‘ too upset to sit down ’ . |
| 5 | With Gary she enjoyed a relationship she had never experienced with anyone else — the easy-going friendship of a male who made no demands whatever on her — and it meant more to her than she had realised . |
| 6 | I suddenly had the feeling Eduardo meant more to her than anyone else in her life , even her husband . |
| 7 | She had found a man who meant more to her than anything in the world and he was of another world , as he had told her . |
| 8 | His gratitude — and the kiss — meant more to her than she would ever have admitted to anyone . |
| 9 | She always felt that Miss Hatherby meant more to you than she did . ’ |
| 10 | To show enthusiasm for a glance with them through the pages of old photograph albums , can often give immense pleasure ; and half an hour spent like this can mean more to them than a whole evening of television , for they are warmed by memories of happier days . |
| 11 | ‘ Nothing means more to me than to be here with this bunch of guys and bring the Cup back where it should be . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Competing in the Olympic Games means more to me than anything else , ’ she says , ‘ except perhaps the dream of winning Wimbledon . |
| 13 | Self-respect means more to me than mere money — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Some say I 'm a dour type of person , and maybe I am at times , but nothing means more to me than winning . |
| 15 | Now , in the age of AIDS , porn means more to us than ever before . |
| 16 | Other women ceased to exist for Edouard ; he gently terminated his affair with Clara Delluc , and Isobel , knowing this woman had meant more to him than any of the others , asked if she might meet her ; she did , and the two women became friends . |
| 17 | He had sounded immensely sad as he spoke , and I wondered if the girl had meant more to him than being merely a casual friend , but I did not like to ask and Maggovertski was clearly disinclined to explain more , so I just stared down at the aerial chart , and I suddenly noticed , in an otherwise empty space beneath an intersection of two air corridors , the tiny island of Murder Cay . |
| 18 | But I do think Tom 's animals have always meant more to him than people . |
| 19 | During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting . |