Example sentences of "[pers pn] mean for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 2 | I mean for a it 's a habit , why he walks like that because he 's come home from the Duke so many times pissed in n it ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But I mean for a |
| 5 | ‘ I meant for a living . ’ |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | ‘ You mean for a holiday ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You mean for a little holiday ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You mean for a consultation about Edwin 's health ? ’ |
| 10 | " He will share your bed and possess your body , " Maria Candida had said when asked what it meant for a woman to give herself to her husband . |
| 11 | Can never wear a shirt it meant for a shirt underneath it . |
| 12 | Our aim so far has been to show that the " stylistic variant " view of style , which supports the dualist 's conviction that style can be distinguished from message , can lead to a more precise understanding of what it means for a writer to choose this rather than that way of putting things . |
| 13 | 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 . |