Example sentences of "mean they [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ You mean they might not get us to Fraxilly ’ . |
| 2 | Happens , but they do try and go for bigger takings , I mean they 'll not break into my house it wo n't be worth all that worth . |
| 3 | I mean they would n't want to listen to the music I do n't think |
| 4 | Well no I just wondered if you 've had your own telly and you 've just got it private you know , I mean they would n't have no records |
| 5 | Ya , I mean they would n't mix with the likes of us ! |
| 6 | I mean they ai n't sort of I mean what they could force you to do if they really , I mean they would never do that but what they could force you to do or Les to do would be to check with all those people who I 've actually sort of made payments to , to make sure that I have . |
| 7 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
| 8 | They say government cutbacks mean they ca n't do the job properly . |
| 9 | Cos they are quite tame , I mean that 's one thing about the hens I mean they ca n't come out though , they just wander about . |
| 10 | Ju well you know , I mean they ca n't get up to much but |
| 11 | Well I mean they wo n't last any erm |
| 12 | I mean they wo n't say sand and salt , they 'll say something which is insoluble and give it a horrible chemical name |
| 13 | Well I mean they wo n't flower again , that 's for certain you see and it 's it 's got ta be |
| 14 | Yeah well I mean they should n't wind people up I mean she 's just . |
| 15 | Well when they put the flats up , I mean they could n't keep pets , and they had n't got a garden , and there was a period of time when er we were rather concerned . |
| 16 | Much to the amusement of two American girls who stayed with us because they did n't know what this phrase was I mean they could n't have sort it out in the first place of what it meant . |
| 17 | I mean they will normally give you them but erm what would be an obvious one to go for ? |
| 18 | ‘ I mean they will probably release three tracks off the album and all those sort of things , but we do n't really care . |
| 19 | ‘ I mean they will probably release three tracks off the album and all those sort of things , but we do n't really care . |
| 20 | that is the effects , I mean they will still give grant , but indirectly through the revenues for and it will be spared but , for a number of years , you ca n't be absolutely precise about how long . |
| 21 | Fiendishly complex and built to proprietary standards — which meant they would not work with rival machines — those mainframes locked corporate customers into a lifetime of IBM systems , software and service contracts . |
| 22 | In the course of our case studies , we found that programmers/analysts capable of working in certain specific software/hardware areas ( for example , IBM System 38 , PICK ) were extremely scarce , in some cases so much so that " nobody is training them any more " ( since high turnover rates meant they would not have the chance to amortise the training investment ) . |
| 23 | If somebody failed to come up to her own high standards the directness she had inherited from her Australian background meant they would soon know . |
| 24 | Many were angered that work or school meant they could not share the moments of glory after watching the team all season . |
| 25 | Regardless of where their support came from , the fact was that possession of 38 seats in the Volkstag meant they could now rule with little or no reference to the other parties . |
| 26 | While recognizing that poor local economic management was partly to blame for the region 's debt crisis , the report argued that what it described as the banks ' irresponsible lending practices meant they should also share responsibility and assume greater losses . |
| 27 | They could be big fish , but their heartfelt politics should mean they will not become part of the corporate rock machine . |
| 28 | Because things went wrong in the past does that mean they will necessarily go wrong again ? |
| 29 | In that context , can anyone believe that the introduction of differential pricing will mean they will suddenly push commissions down again ? |
| 30 | Just because that person is not sitting here beside you does not mean they can not hear your words or understand what is in your heart . |