Example sentences of "mean [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , the differences of disciplinary interests mean that one needs to be very careful about the kinds of problems that are being addressed . |
| 2 | Dr Clarke went on to say ‘ this does not , however , mean that we agree to be displaced in one city after another . |
| 3 | To be supporting people at a time of impending loss does not of itself mean that we have to be doing ‘ counselling ’ . |
| 4 | You mean that you see through me , Theda thought . |
| 5 | Being aware and feeling love for mankind can not — and should not — mean that you have to be totally submissive . |
| 6 | ‘ You mean that you hunt with a dog ? ’ guessed Van Cheele . |
| 7 | It is no improvement merely to add a label , saying — taking an example at random — that left for Scotland yesterday morning is a verb phrase if by that we simply mean that it consists of a certain sequence of word classes recognized as frequently occurring . |
| 8 | No , I mean that it comes as a surprise when you first experience it , and then after that you ca n't change the course of events . |
| 9 | ‘ You mean like they do with cows ? |
| 10 | Get , and I mean like I said to you today you 've still got your cough . |
| 11 | I mean like I said on a Friday we get thirteen seventy five till twelve o'clock . |
| 12 | And then , after a time , we er had the er electricity took up the yard and into the shop and then we was able to buy a little machine you know what I mean and it went from there . |
| 13 | Yes an I mean and I mean in winter time a wooden sole and a clog they wer they were nice and warm cos I mean you only used to polish 'em you used to put oil on them . |
| 14 | Now Will brought down an old van er which was scrap it was quite a good body I mean and he painted on it , We 're still open , er something like , Despite Transport and General Workers ' Union picketing we are fully open , and he plonked this van with no wheels on it just the body right th in the entrance of th on his own ground naturally er right in front of the pickets which was like you know tantalizing . |
| 15 | Yes , I think I mean if one goes into corruption one could spend an awful long time . |
| 16 | Er yeah , well you know we were rough because , but I mean if we got into a fight , there we there were no gang warfare . |
| 17 | I mean if we look at I mean the woman 's erm the portrayal of female politicians I think is a very good case in point . |
| 18 | I mean if we look at erm the large number of single parent families , mainly who are headed by women , the position of Social Security for these women has deteriorated in the last few years erm both in terms of the real value of the money received ; Child Benefit has been frozen for the last three or four years ; regulations such as you used to be able to offset your child care expenses when you were claiming income support have been changed , women can no longer can now only earn erm fifteen pounds a week of they 're a single parent and they can not offset their child care costs . |
| 19 | cos I mean if they walked into here on stood on that bar hundred and twenty people |
| 20 | Yeah , well I suppose any , I mean if they go to London or Manchester or , or er I , I think they 're gon na produce something rather like th the books you buy for your kids when they 're young , you know . |
| 21 | Oh yeah , and his dog , yeah likes it as well yeah , they used to leave a tray out for him every night , yeah when it was closing time the dog knew every time it closed , it wo , I mean if they closed at lunchtime it would n't come down it would only come down when they closed up at night . |
| 22 | Well she says if you 'd of come to Sandra 's she 'd make you something , I says I know Eileen and so would I as well , I says I would n't have anybody coming in and bringing them sandwiches , I mean if somebody knocked on the , on our door one day from Queensbury and we did n't know they were coming and they 'd brought sandwiches with them |
| 23 | Well , cos I mean if he goes to school now and he did n't , he picked up things and then |
| 24 | Well I mean the children , I mean if I go into the school and I , and say to them look there is a fire there but , you know , please will you not use it but it 's just a question of whether the children fiddle with it really , that 's |
| 25 | no you 'd have to get all out and have a look , but I mean if I go over there I 'll bring back a load of D K and I know I will we 'll see . |
| 26 | Yeah , it 's the , it 's the with the word natural is n't it that er you know people often use the word natural to mean good and right and therefore something you should do , but of course no not always I mean if I said to you death is natural , nobody here would think I was advocating suicide or that er we should n't have hospitals to try and save people 's lives I mean er when you say death is natural , what you mean is death is one of those things that we just have to put up with , we 'd rather we did n't but we 're all gon na have to face it in the end , some of us sooner than others er but erm but there we are . |
| 27 | I mean if I knew for the fact that I was gon na get this job at the hospital I 'd pay for it |
| 28 | I 've got to get that those AVCs er , I mean if I had to , if that happened , how would we pay off Brian ? |
| 29 | which it ca n't be right cos , I suppose in a way it 's none of our business but it is I mean if it gets to it , it puts our company in financial difficulties it means it 's jobs on the line int it that sort of thing |
| 30 | Well I would of , I would of thought that , I mean if your gon na take something out that that 's sort of size all well and good , but I mean it wo n't even dispense will it ? |