Example sentences of "mean a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little things that mean a lot |
| 2 | I am little comfort to her , but in this scenario little things mean a lot . |
| 3 | Although Sustad has the reputation of a formidable Himalayan climber , it 's obvious that these big-wall climbs mean a lot to him . |
| 4 | You know , you should stay at home and have at least eight babies — it 's incredibly difficult , I mean a lot of parents would disagree whole heartedly with what I tell the girls . |
| 5 | Well it sounds blissful , but of course I mean a lot of terrible things happen in the name of love including crimes , crimes of passion as there romantically called in France , I mean people have killed for love , yes . |
| 6 | And er I think , I I agree , I agree with a lot of the demands that feminist women have made but , to kind of congregate it in that way , it 's bu , I mean a lot of wha er , white feminists have been attacked for excluding black women , and that 's one of the examples where you know , to be , to say that you 're a feminist , it 's not just men that you 're alienating , you 're also alienating other way . |
| 7 | I mean a lot |
| 8 | Well I mean a lot of it ca n't be measured you know ? |
| 9 | I mean a lot a lot of the plans in the plan rooms |
| 10 | And some , some of their fa , I mean , if they 're lucky enough to have families who do help them that , er that , that 's fine , but I mean a lot of them do n't have anybody at all , and they really have to pay their gas , electric , rent , poll tax , off an absolute pittance ! |
| 11 | Yeah I get I mean I get the impression if you 're thinking about you know , the thefts from the people , I mean a lot of the time is the guy who 's visiting the prostitute , does n't report to us if his wallet 's been stolen , for the simple fact he was visiting a prostitute . |
| 12 | Because er I mean a lot of children these days , I think about my parents , it 's their money , they spend it , and I do n't really see that it 's important for it to be passed on to us , but in the case of a large estate , it becomes more important , if you 're looking at sort of two hundred three hundred thousand estate , then there 's going to be a lot of erm er asset value which would be taxable . |
| 13 | I feel that very strongly , I mean a lot of people have said , a lot of people in the flats have said , well I do n't want to move out of the area , I do n't like living in the flats , but I do n't want to move out of the . |
| 14 | I mean a lot of people who live on the do n't go into town at all . |
| 15 | It 's a little bit unfair I think as well to generalize , on sponsored members of parliament because , you know as well as I do , on some of the issues that have been very very important to us , not the sort erm , er the sexy issues that head , hit the headlines , but issues that mean a lot to our members , our sponsored members generally do work very , very hard . |
| 16 | I know you mean a lot to Crilly . |
| 17 | It was something you could see , you know , I mean a lot of the things I knew anyway and knowing them is a different problem from actually putting them right . |
| 18 | Rising from a low-level patio behind the elegant five storey house , the garden is dominated by two high trees — a lime and an ash — which mean a lot of shade for Tricia to cope with . |
| 19 | Well this came up actually on a on a radio sho er chat thing that was open to the public in Blaenau Ffestiniog last night er where the chair was saying erm well you know I mean a lot of the a lot of the people that have n't been very involved in this strike that I think should have been involved . |
| 20 | I mean a lot a lot of years it 's quite iffy but this year it 's not too bad at all . |
| 21 | I take part of a thesis and I think I mean a lot of it is is very very important in terms of even considering internment , in relation to the whole intelligence problem . |
| 22 | It 's all about technical stuff I mean a lot of you do technical training . |
| 23 | Now making these points to and then to go backwards still about what we 've been talking about and that is it 's the same with the opera and what you were saying about Harry Enfield and everything else , that you can an and Billy Connolly , you can bring certain groups of people into areas where they would n't previously have been , but you will not necessarily take them on the next leaf so for example , this is all gon na sound snobby and I 'm sorry but you know I mean a lot of people like Gilbert and Sullivan for example , but will not move on to Bizet or whatever it is and will never do that and I mean I have a problem with that I mean it , to me it 's not we 're not it 's just reality , but we have to understand that I mean we have to understand that in the context of sponsorship |
| 24 | Well I understand that I mean a lot of people do that . |
| 25 | Well how do you feel I mean a lot of a lot if not all of your work here has been done face to face . |
| 26 | Erm cos I think a lot of the , I mean a lot of land redistribution had already been taking place in since about the since about January of nineteen forty six , so I think the May the fourth directive is just erm an official , well a secret official acceptance of this . |
| 27 | cos , cos if they are I mean a lot of people are more for , er the thing of Simon er , er although we 've , we 've been expecting the er the withdraw of the work demands |
| 28 | so , so that 's , that 's a difficult erm one , erm I 'm not sure about sort of one thing as well , I mean a lot of people who , who come into the South East who virtually fly out . |
| 29 | I mean a lot of times you know I think just phone up and say , Is mister so and so there and then guard themselves T N T delivery . |
| 30 | To those with failing vision little things mean a lot . |