Sentence examples for had only meant from inspiring English sources

Instead, the spokesman said the decree had only meant to provide for new trials if new evidence emerged.

Bremer defended his decision, saying he had only meant for a tiny percentage of the army to be removed.

Mr Wilders told journalists afterwards that he had only meant to refer to "criminal Moroccans", but few took the excuse seriously.

According to Thrush's sources, Biden was so angry that he refused to speak with Messina when the latter tried to explain that he had only meant to say that Clinton was the strong front-runner.

The Santorum campaign then moved into damage-control mode, with Henry Neumann, the co-chairman of his campaign here, trying to soften Mr. Santorum's views, saying that Mr. Santorum had only meant that it was important for young people to learn English.

Ms. Shoemaker did not respond to email and phone messages seeking comment, but she apologized for the episode on her Facebook page: "We had only meant for it to be taken in a funny way, but we clearly understand that what we said should never be joked around about," she wrote.

Education and wealth has only meant that richer families now go in for in-vitro sex selection, and choose boys.

It has only meant me missing a few days here and there but that can have a big impact, especially when you are chasing your form.

Outside of aged monk Aemon, this has only meant Daenerys since the first season, but the princess's rise to power and eventual return to Westeros has been the saga's premier subplot from the beginning.

"Because of the illegal partitions," said Tony Sclafani, a department spokesman, "the two front units had only one means of egress: the stairwell".

As he had withdrawn most of his troops from the area, Winkelman had only limited means available to influence this process, largely leaving this task to local commanders.