Example sentences of "mean they did [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they did n't pay for that it cost us more money . |
| 2 | ‘ You mean they did n't tell you ? ’ |
| 3 | ( Rule of Life No. 279 : People who say , ‘ I hear what you 're saying , ’ really mean they did n't want you to raise the subject in the first place . ) |
| 4 | Now if you 'd got grudge against the bloke who was taking it off in the shop , in the farmyard , after when you got back home , of course you had to come I mean they did n't stick it in the field , like they do now . |
| 5 | And so they went to report to the , to the police but and th I mean they did n't believe them , they thought it was just like birds . |
| 6 | I mean they did n't know that do they ? |
| 7 | Erm well I mean they did n't know it was there you see . |
| 8 | I mean they did n't have them in those colours in those days , that was the true Arran . |
| 9 | Eh , and they , I mean they did n't say whether it was for one year or three years in that piece of paper anyway did they ? . |
| 10 | Perhaps you used to go and pawn the husbands suits or a anything like that till the following Saturday or Friday and fetch them out you see , and that cos there was very for people in them days , I mean they did n't get a deal of help from anywhere . |
| 11 | Mean they did n't let us know . |
| 12 | They were both speaking in the slightly lowered tone that meant they did not want to be overheard , and were only having the discussion at all because they believed Belinda to be safely out of earshot . |
| 13 | But the 200 miles separating them meant they did not meet until six months into the romance when Chris , 25 , came to see Heather , 32 , of Aberdeen Road , Darlington . |
| 14 | However , some members of his family were glad , because it meant they did not have to produce cattle . |
| 15 | When you say Supported , do you mean they did n't object or do you mean they |
| 16 | ‘ Well , put it like this , ’ replied Billy guardedly , ‘ it means they did n't eat all the deer during the war . ’ |
| 17 | Also , they insisted that ‘ Sandinista ’ and ‘ London Calling ’ were issued at budget price , meaning they did n't make any money out of them . |