Example sentences of "mean they [am/are] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean they 're not flying off . |
2 | I mean they 're not working , that 's the problem . |
3 | I ca n't see how we 've had a revue in nineteen eighty-eight which has recommended a very specific course of action , none of which appears to have been implemented , I do n't see how we get a report which describes er , the intention of the county council as maintaining the ethos of the County Farms , whatever that is , as I , I do n't recall any decisions like that , and certainly if we 've made one , I 'd be interested in being party to changing it , I think wha what we have to say is we 've got a lot of land , are we using it to the best interest of the people of Wiltshire , and that is one thing it 's addressing , not a , a way of preserving the County Estates as they are , not a way of keeping a hundred and twenty farmers and their families erm , as tenants of Wiltshire , I mean they 're not gon na be out of jobs are they ? |
4 | I mean , seven pounds to have , I mean they 're not gon na probably have an answer machine , but you know for things if things are going to be like that |
5 | Oh you can keep going though totally over the top I thought well Joseph 's was twelve ninety nine and Ben 's was fourteen nineteen ninety nine and that 's just tough that I 've got you know , I ca n't get Charlotte 's any cheaper than that , but , I mean they 're not gon na know how much I 've , they 're not gon na say well you 've got five pound more than what I have cos they 're not of that age so , that 's how I 've left it , that 's what I 'm gon na do , I 'll get her the circus and then they can swap them over and Joseph will be happy that he got something on wheels |
6 | I mean they 're not gon na have any information of how much you 've produced over and above your tax . |
7 | Up to you really chair , I mean they 're not signed in any way , so if you want to I can you know get them amended . |
8 | I mean they 're not doing their own housework or clearing up their own rubbish , they 're doing it for you . |
9 | They wo n't be able to just move on because their permanent pitches , what they call permanent pitches which I 'm not sure exactly what it is , but that is what they 're called , so presumably I mean they 're not going to be able to move on all of a sudden . |
10 | Yes , if it 's worth having , I mean they 're not going |
11 | I mean they 're already done for you . |
12 | And that it 's all for money and they 're doing alright , I mean they 're already making so many you know , millions they 're making are n't they ? |
13 | I mean they 're probably booked up now for the next three or four years anyway |
14 | Cos that , I mean they 're always going to be useful I use them myself and I expect you all |
15 | The one thing in the Labour document , and this is in the statement Labour made , I mean they 're actually talking about paid Councillors on on a Regional Authority , which is a y'know which is would be very unpopular with the public but erm . |
16 | erm supporting it , I mean they are just putting their name down so that they can stay out of trouble . |
17 | Pressures on SSDs mean they are barely placed to seek out work . |
18 | In the case of Alan Charlton , he has these six very fine grey panels , by very fine I just mean they are handsomely proportioned , they are very carefully coloured to a very precise , not just colour but also weight of colour and brightness and so on , but the way they 're shown in the Royal Academy Exhibition , and this is part of it 's stupidity , is , well I got the feeling it was intended to kill them to stone dead by putting them next to something very loud , very elaborate , very expressionist , a vast canvass by a very good painter by Mutter . |
19 | But I mean they are there to provide advice and we do get an awful lot of case work . |
20 | gust because they 've stopped shooting it does n't mean they 're not going to come after you . |
21 | That fact that every newspaper in the country has dozens of the beasts does n't mean they 're ever used , by the way . |
22 | But this does not mean they are not involved . |
23 | A priori , it would appear that auditors ' knowledge of their client company , their powers of access to internal information including forecast information , and their direct relationship with company management should mean they are uniquely placed to make judgmental decisions about the likelihood of company survival . |
24 | Those in the last category are given least priority , though that does not mean they are never funded . ’ |
25 | But at the same time I realise it means they 're basically trying to control my music which I did n't expect ’ As for taking him seriously , American composer Philip Glass offered to do a 12-inch remix of Hey Music Lover after Moore took him out for a night in the clubs . |
26 | The good recovery made by these two Bosnian patients means they 're now turning their thoughts to Bosnia and hopes of a reunion soon with friends and family.27 year old Dino Dugonijic and 26 year old Senad Mirvic were airlifted nine days ago for treatment at the Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford . |
27 | The good recovery made by these two Bosnian patients means they 're now turning their thoughts to Bosnia and hopes of a reunion soon with friends and family.27 year old Dino Dugonijic and 26 year old Senad Mirvic were airlifted nine days ago for treatment at the Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford . |
28 | Everybody talks in a mixture of mumbling whispers and hysterical screams , and every time somebody starts making small-talk it means they 're about to kill somebody . |
29 | And the more crowded , the more satisfied the police , as that means they are efficiently carrying out the law against prostitution — one of the present government 's most notable social " contributions " . |
30 | The boom in cider sales means they are now supplying apples to Bulmers and to other makers in Somerset . |