Example sentences of "mean [subord] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean once you can eat and drink . |
| 2 | I mean if one can use a slightly awkward word like ‘ policing ’ , and I think there is a sense that none of us want to be acting as substitute parents and , you know , policing student behaviour in a way that suggests that they 're not yet fully mature . |
| 3 | Yes , yes , well I mean , that 's , that 's , if , I mean if we can get him one for his birthday that , get the problem of our shoulders sort of thing , that 's his then , then he , he has to take his . |
| 4 | I I think we can sort out more about the st stall I mean if we can sell things |
| 5 | I mean if I can buy a bloody bargain I 'll buy it . |
| 6 | But I mean if I can get her to start somehow and I think it 's got ta be this one . |
| 7 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 8 | This idea that protect children , not tell them about what 's happening , I mean if anybody can protect them to that extent when even Neighbours is put at a different time on the television , you know , erm that somehow we make them warm and secure by not telling them , to me that is making them dependent and unable maybe to cope later on in their lives . |
| 9 | So I mean if she can get set nights , she wo n't get in this term anyway I presume all the places will have gone . |
| 10 | I think most people would consider I mean if you can picture the course of the ball , it 's gon na do that , is n't it ? |
| 11 | So twelve , I mean if you can remember them twelve stands for four beats in a bar anyway |
| 12 | I mean if you can come up with the witnesses that are prepared to stick their head in the noose and say that . |
| 13 | the room over really but I mean if you can keep your heating on for that little bit of length of time |
| 14 | Course , the other thing you 've got ta invest in is tables and well you do n't need chairs , but tables , I mean as you can see we 've got two hundred of those poly-cotton chairs in there which is erm can be used . |