Example sentences of "[pers pn] mean for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 2 | I mean for every great Cure record you get an inferior follow-up with all the same ingredients but without the spark . |
| 3 | I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’ |
| 4 | But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college |
| 5 | Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college . |
| 6 | I mean for the first time there 's a erm a sort of Asian wholesale supermarket . |
| 7 | no , well I would n't mind going there , but , I meant for a first holiday , a little holiday I mean you enjoyed that did last April did n't you ? |
| 8 | ‘ You mean for a little holiday ? ’ |
| 9 | Far more significant and revelatory was the arrival of the wireless , in the sense that it meant for the first time the voice of the outside world and all that it encompassed — good and bad — was heard throughout this enclosed community . |
| 10 | What it means for the broader economy is that the current housing crisis is more serious than ever , and there does n't seem to be an end in sight . |
| 11 | The public understands more easily what it means for an old lady to have five pounds snatched from her purse than to grasp the financial significance of 25 million customers paying one penny more for orange juice diluted beyond the level permitted by law . |