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 |