Example sentences of "[pron] mean [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They go because they need to cover some sort of guilt , I 'm convinced of that now , the more people that I know I mean fib of all people fib is now turned to religion . |
| 2 | Yes I mean issue with illegitimate children or his affair means that I mean even the line he was running is okay because I 'm rich so it 's not gon na and it 's not gon na and so he 's got these two sort of values , that if you are a single parent and you 're poor that makes you lesser and more immoral than if you were a single parent and you 're rich . |
| 3 | I mean time of physiological difference and strength needs of their strength that they could just about fire a and he could n't even pull them back and so they you know , fine if you wan na go hunting use the boat |
| 4 | And I mean Unix in those d in the early days was P D P Eleven based . |
| 5 | That 's right , I mean protectionism in agricultural goods has risen , particularly since er , in the last fifty years . |
| 6 | Then he put his arm round her and his wife wo n't curtsy , she 's Dutch , the Dutch are just as bad as anybody now , just lately , I mean lot of these terrorists get in through Holland do n't they ? |
| 7 | The French lorry drivers started their blockade because of new laws being introduced which mean disqualification for any driver accumulating 6 penalty points on his licence . |
| 8 | The peasants had to rely on themselves , which meant recourse from 1922 onwards to private lenders — local Jews in this area . |
| 9 | Oh you mean tip in those into , from the Japanese fund into the managed fund . |
| 10 | soc : Do you mean science in general or a particular image of ‘ hard ’ science like economics with all its equations . |
| 11 | As well as causing a breakdown in the economic system , the inflation led to a spread of corruption ; it meant humiliation for many thousands of families , whilst a few successful speculators found themselves with untold wealth . |
| 12 | This does not mean separation from sinners , in a sense of isolation and self-satisfaction like the monks of Qumran ; instead , it means involvement with needy , fallen , spoiled humanity , following the example and endued with the Spirit of him who was a friend of tax gatherers and sinners . |
| 13 | The trouble is that the French and German governments , swayed by their domestic farming electorates , have been unwilling to accept radical reform of CAP , even if it means access to foreign markets in which the EC is better able to compete . |