"The house meant nothing to me, it was the property," she said.

In its growth, the ancestral house had meant more than property.

It was, like a house meant for a street in the city.

"But I know what having this house free and clear meant to you."

Because the house had meant so much to them, and to the children, they simply couldn't part with it.

The main house meant safety in the short term, anyway, and he intended to have it.

But you just don't know what this house means to me.

This house has meant nothing but trouble for me through the years.

Cannon all round his house could only mean one thing.

The house in Georgetown, the car, these things meant nothing!