Example sentences of "mean they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | And if it is , I mean they do n't do much . |
2 | I mean they do n't do nothing for nothing . |
3 | I mean they do n't grow overnight do |
4 | I mean they do n't feel that way about quantum theory as far as I know . |
5 | But does that stop the problem if if we report someone for depositing litter I E a settee , I mean they do n't want to really deposit it there , is it quality of life that 's forced them to do it . |
6 | You mean they do n't make their own custard ? |
7 | I mean they do n't put , they do n't , I understand in , in , when you 've got your own business like Brad and them , well our Joe ca n't be hard up he does a job and it brings him thirty grand in |
8 | That 's what I mean they do n't call them they call them cos she do n't want to lose her name does she ? |
9 | I mean they do n't charge you anything , and er I do n't think they charge the employers anything , but their raison d'etre is to get volunteers into appropriate places . |
10 | I mean they do n't look scruffy |
11 | Like interviewees , interviewers can learn skills which mean they do n't have to resort to overt status games ( which the discriminating interviewee will sec through ) . |
12 | You do n't , I mean they do n't have proper dining rooms at all . |
13 | You mean they do n't have STD ? |
14 | Well I mean they do n't have a great lot so a concert , did you see the dresses ? |
15 | I mean they do n't have to tell you everything |
16 | I mean they do n't take they only take a board up where they put it on to erm put it leading through and er where they bring it out . |
17 | You mean they do n't take this test seriously as I do , Ashington Floaters |
18 | I mean they do n't ask your religion when they go |
19 | At first I thought that was why the police wanted him , because the sort of way we were thinking in there had been definitely subversive , I mean they do n't teach you that in school eh ! |
20 | And er certainly Amanda who who 's on strike then you know I mean they do n't get equal pay the women the the the three women that came out I mean one of them 's gone back an Amanda and Helen you know I mean they they were on they were on terribly low wages . |
21 | yeah , that 's what I mean they do n't let 'em get away with it |
22 | I mean they did n't pay for that it cost us more money . |
23 | ‘ You mean they did n't tell you ? ’ |
24 | ( 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 . ) |
25 | 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 . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | I mean they did n't know that do they ? |
28 | Erm well I mean they did n't know it was there you see . |
29 | I mean they did n't have them in those colours in those days , that was the true Arran . |
30 | 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 ? . |