Example sentences of "mean [pron] can n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I do n't know I mean I ca n't answer for them . |
| 2 | I mean I ca n't give them anything cos I have n't got anything ! |
| 3 | review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do . |
| 4 | We have things like appraisals to do , she has e I mean I ca n't tell you , all I can is I 'm working at the side of her , she works all the time , she 's very fast , she 's very intelligent . |
| 5 | erm I mean I ca n't tell you off the top of my head , but I would like to know how many erm career advisory erm people actually help girls to direct their career . |
| 6 | I know the one you mean I ca n't think of the name |
| 7 | Yes , see who I mean I ca n't think of anybody who 's in the reserves who could do any better than the lot that are in , in at the moment . |
| 8 | but briar to that we 've got this game show , you know , a bit like er Blind Date and I mean I ca n't stand them any way , and I 'm thinking I have n't got the patience in the morning when I 've got dinners to put up and I 've got them to get going |
| 9 | I mean I ca n't stand Rik what 's his surname Maio ? |
| 10 | I mean I ca n't walk around holding it it 's a bit annoying . |
| 11 | I mean I ca n't go until I get a key |
| 12 | Should 've sorted out I mean I ca n't go up , I ca n't go up and give him any more help cos I 'm working tonight and tomorrow night . |
| 13 | No I can get the but I mean I ca n't go , I can go like and go and that 's it . |
| 14 | I mean I ca n't afford to take care |
| 15 | I know them council houses are n't usually but I mean I ca n't visualize how much land there is . |
| 16 | ‘ I mean I ca n't say I stamped on them myself . ’ |
| 17 | Well I mean I ca n't say enough for the people in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary , I mean they 've got a great burns unit there and I mean er er I think the plastic surgeons and what knot are about they must be some of the best in the world . |
| 18 | But I mean I ca n't say to her like , chuck her out , but I mean she 's making no effort to save . |
| 19 | You know , I mean I ca n't imagine anybody coming round and not thinking it 's lovely cos you 've got it spot on ! |
| 20 | And granddad does n't li want people to see him sort of you know when he has to get up and walk about and go to the loo with the door open and I mean it 's not so bad for us because we 're all related but it 's awful for You know I mean I ca n't imagine Jody or Jessica or Alison or anybody liking it very much . |
| 21 | And I mean I ca n't thank the people enough that sent them all . |
| 22 | She 's only fifteen , I mean I ca n't believe it , I . |
| 23 | I mean I ca n't remember really but I should say he 'd probably be about six foot two or three . |
| 24 | I mean I ca n't remember when we last had a frost . |
| 25 | Yes , I I mean I ca n't remember they and the and . |
| 26 | I mean I ca n't take them off I ca n't cancel them off . |
| 27 | Besides , I mean I ca n't have a fag ! |
| 28 | I ca n't im , with not knowing where they live , I mean I ca n't envisage where what kind of houses I mean |
| 29 | I mean I ca n't get my hands covered with flour and egg and stuff if he 's going to cry and I 've got to pick him up , can I ? |
| 30 | I mean I ca n't see the government allowing a building society to actually get into erm er a case of insolvency , I think it , the , the , I think the Building Society Association would force a merger , but it may be on very poor terms or er you know , whatever . |