Example sentences of "mean a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they were lovely boots I mean a pair of water boots three pounds twelve and six and we used to put them , er make 'em soft , we used to do them over with text oil . |
| 2 | I mean a stick about this long ! |
| 3 | And when I say the vacancy rate , I mean a percentage rather than a number . |
| 4 | I mean a thought strikes me erm , you know , maybe this is very much to do with the war . |
| 5 | ‘ Or perhaps I mean a hurricane . |
| 6 | ‘ You mean a verger would have that sort of familiarity ? ’ |
| 7 | If by it we mean a support system to strengthen and assist those who wish to engage in political lobbying , well and good , but if we are to take on a proper campaigning role as Oxfam has done , then this would require additional staff with the necessary experience and specialisation . |
| 8 | Could a crafty change of grape mean a change in fortune ? |
| 9 | By this we mean a change which is so wide-reaching and so fundamental in its effects as to constitute a dramatic alteration of the status quo . |
| 10 | Now you might think well stags have harem groups and they 've got these enormous antlers and they could bully and er I mean a harem group looks kind of fascist kind of social structure you know when a male dominates female , but in fact field observations of how stags actually deal with their females show that they 're very tender erm towards them and they have to have the cooperation of the female in order to mount . |
| 11 | I mean a steam tug you got to have coal and you got to have the old boiler , old boiler , you got to heat that up for the steam cos that did n't pay then . |
| 12 | Oh you mean a bed ? |
| 13 | You mean a bed to replace a bed that there already is ? |
| 14 | Oh you mean a bed ? |
| 15 | You mean a bed to replace a bed that there already is ? |
| 16 | Yeah but I ta when I think love I mean a women to women thing but it 's not erm lesbianism or |
| 17 | ‘ You mean a tunnel ? |
| 18 | I mean y when th I mean a gang on a timber boat , they 'd be ten men and one hatch man and that 's eleven men . |
| 19 | ‘ You mean a heart attack ? ’ |
| 20 | Indeed the term polis describes a certain kind of political society rather than state , if by state we mean a structure of government . |
| 21 | ‘ You mean a Don/R ? ’ |
| 22 | When professionals who work in mental health services talk of an ‘ integrated , comprehensive , seamless service ’ they mean a service where acute hospital beds , hostels , group homes , community teams and services for people in their own homes , are all managed as one service with one team of people who have total responsibility . |
| 23 | Whatever advertisers and their agencies may think about the respective merits of Conservative , Labour or even Liberal Democrat administrations , general election mean a windfall of about £10m worth of business for media owners and a favoured few advertising agencies — reportedly some £8m of that spent by the Conservatives , £2m by Labour and a meagre £250,000 by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 24 | I mean a wall clock is an nice additive to the room . |
| 25 | It seems sensible therefore to assume that they mean a contract which contains no condition preventing Rule 1 from applying . |
| 26 | He said , ‘ You mean a crocodile ’ ! |
| 27 | I mean a classic is |
| 28 | ‘ You mean a Range-Rover ? |
| 29 | Growing worldwide awareness and bodies like the BSAD mean a chance of travel for the more successful competitors . |
| 30 | ‘ I mean a man — or any companion . ’ |