Example sentences of "mean [pron] [modal v] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 Do we want somebody who will just do , cos I 've got , I mean I can get somebody just to do that if that 's all you want done , that could be done easily
2 There 's no blooming so I mean I could drink something like that , which is purely chemical and never seen as li a damn orange That 's all it is is flavourings and water and
3 ‘ You mean I could say anything at all ? ’ she asked with a mischievous smile .
4 Almost any litt I mean you could do anything round the edge you do n't have
5 What man would n't ? -I mean you could see everything .
6 I mean you can imagine somebody saying , well it 'll last me out , I 'm not bothered .
7 I I mean you can put anything in there really .
8 but erm , I mean you can get everything there on Sunday you 've really no need to cook , cook at all , I mean you could go over there and have a meal for about two pounds fifty
9 We 'll set larger , we 'll set in eighteen point , I mean you can say something about — not an abstract , because they did n't want to be academic .
10 ‘ I mean we 'll pay someone to do it for us , ’ she snapped at him .
11 I mean we could load one if you want to play .
12 Well if you , all I was going to say is , if you 're going to get something like that , I mean we could buy something that would make a set .
13 Okay well we 're in a really bad situation , I mean we can achieve something at least and perhaps oh perhaps communism does n't work after all , they just seem to be doubting their own beliefs and what they 've read .
14 You know I mean anybody could say anything .
15 I mean they 'll do nothing about sex , they 'll just do all about morals , wo n't they , and decent , respectable people I 'd say and biology 's just cold and clinical .
16 Where yo where you are I mean they 'll have nothing .
17 So I mean it 'll do everything barring
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