Example sentences of "[pron] means [pers pn] [modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I understand you 've got a legal problem which means we ca n't go too deeply into that , but from the outside is it hurting you a little bit ? ’ |
| 2 | This may be the trade-in price of your existing car which means you wo n't have to dip into your savings . |
| 3 | Two nights bed and breakfast , full Irish breakfast , which means you wo n't need to eat until the evening ! |
| 4 | Well , which means I ca n't come . |
| 5 | I am male which means I can not have children , I am somewhat reserved by nature so I am unlikely to be the life and soul of anyone 's party , and my chances of becoming King are very slim . |
| 6 | ‘ My mother was an only child , so my grandfather Probert entailed Gullholm on me , which means I could n't sell the place , even if I wanted to . |
| 7 | He 's serious about AA , which means he wo n't talk about it . |
| 8 | Five-year-old Boris Primorac suffers from a rare blood disorder which means he can not run around like other children , without severe bruising . |
| 9 | as if that solves everything , as if to hate something means it ca n't have affected you . |
| 10 | ‘ At least it means we wo n't have to go to that horrid barn place , ’ said a nome . |
| 11 | Really it means we ca n't do it so we 'll we make it up we 've made up these funny numbers so that it 'll always work . |
| 12 | It means he can not meet another top eight player until the quarter-finals . |
| 13 | The snag is it means you ca n't rent a car : they insist on a credit card for that nowadays so you 're going to see America by bus . ’ |
| 14 | A high factor sunscreen does n't mean that you wo n't tan , it means you wo n't burn before you tan . |
| 15 | ‘ It means you could n't have arrived in Seal Haven all that long before I found you . |
| 16 | The thought of him thinking about it means I ca n't help thinking about it , too . |
| 17 | Apart from anything else , it means I could n't pick up what you said . |
| 18 | ‘ If it means she must not see Charles , that is a price she is willing to pay . ’ |