Example sentences of "it mean [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The landlord was glad to leave preparing the room to Auntie Hetty and Philippa , and it meant they could pop in and out during the week bringing now the cake stand , now extra vases for flowers . |
| 2 | It meant we could have a sophisticated presentation platform literally in the middle of nowhere and people came from miles around for these outdoor meetings . |
| 3 | It was ghastly for poor Richard , breaking his leg and all that , but at least it meant there would be an extension of rehearsals for Peter Pan . |
| 4 | Coming up , which would have been more serious , maybe , cos it meant there might have been a break somewhere or |
| 5 | By Nick bogeying the last it meant he would n't be playing in the last group which was now Paul and David Frost . |
| 6 | Woe betide any man who recognised one of these garments as his own , for it meant he would not survive the day . |
| 7 | It meant he would have his usual . |
| 8 | It meant he could go and talk to the governor of the Bank of England and the chairmen of any of the clearing banks whenever he felt the need . |
| 9 | Jason Donovan was also eleven , at school in Melbourne and also launching his acting career in Skyways , which he found exciting because it meant he could take some time off school . |
| 10 | Although painfully slow , it meant he could construct small sentences . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | She was delighted to see me , as it meant she would not have to go on her own , and she stood over me while , complaining bitterly , I changed into my jacket and returned with her to the revels . |
| 13 | Her chihuahua was making its ‘ business ’ in the gutter , and that was a relief because it meant she would n't have to take him out again in the evening , and wait around for him . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank Heavens for William , ’ she has since said as it meant she could now quite properly forsake the pills she was proffered by arguing that she did not want to risk physical or mental deformity in the baby she was carrying . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And it meant she could stand up for Darren , who showed no sign of needing anything but his hard little fists and a certain way with words . |
| 17 | It meant she could answer without thinking , which was an infinite mercy , for suddenly she was quite incapable of thinking . |
| 18 | Driven to such a pitch , by now she would have welcomed mere affection — if it meant she could be by his side some time . |
| 19 | It meant she 'd have to apologise to Lucenzo , to go crawling to him . |
| 20 | It meant I would n't be perceived as another girl singer — and I could set the look and feel and energy of what I was about . ’ |
| 21 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 22 | I ca n't remember who he was supporting , but I was a regular visitor because being a big blues fan , it meant I could go and see Sonny Boy Williamson , and all the people who would be at the Richmond Jazz/American Blues Folk Festival that came every year . |
| 23 | Mind , I welcomed them with open arms because it meant I could stay off school . |
| 24 | But having got my way over that , it meant I could n't protest as I wanted to about Frome being put in charge . |
| 25 | Erm , got back here about quarter past nine , which was great , cos it meant I could watch One Foot in the Grave . |
| 26 | It meant I 'd be connected to Charlie for years and years , long after we left school . |
| 27 | ‘ The time has come for me to get it sorted out — and I 'd happily take a year out if it meant I 'd have a few more years later on . |
| 28 | Another advantage was being near enough to the basecamp to go back for lunch ; not only did it mean we could have a hot drink but it avoided the clammy sensation , which Carole graphically described , of sitting down for lunch when you 're soaked on the outside and soaked on the inside . |
| 29 | because again as adults we realize that if every we ask a question to the trainer you 're asking questions to him and they keep answering them , what does it mean we can do as trainees ? |
| 30 | ‘ That does n't sound too awful — or does it mean you 'll be in purdah ? ’ |