Example sentences of "you mean you [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You mean you 'll reconsider your marriage to Janice ? ’ |
2 | ‘ You mean you 'll accept it ? ’ |
3 | ‘ You mean you 'll wait until I 'm well out of earshot , ’ he gritted . |
4 | You mean you 'll have it ! |
5 | You mean you might get into a good habit ? |
6 | ‘ You mean you would want a British agency ? ’ |
7 | You mean you would like to present it in a different way ? |
8 | You mean you 'd bring that access in on that western boundary ? |
9 | ‘ You mean you 'd go ? |
10 | ‘ You mean you 'd let me be a kept woman ? ’ |
11 | You mean you 'd like it if I interrupted you when you were doing something |
12 | ‘ You mean you 'd have been able to pull strings ? ’ said Bob . |
13 | What you mean you 'd have blocking mechanisms ? |
14 | ‘ You mean you can see into reception from there ? ’ said Vic . |
15 | ‘ You mean you can forgive me for not telling you about Thomas ? ’ she asked . |
16 | In ordinary spoken discourse the endless cycle of encoding-decoding-encoding may be terminated by an action , as when for instance I say , ‘ The door is open ’ and you say , ‘ Do you mean you would like me to shut it ? ’ and I say , ‘ If you do n't mind ’ , and you shut the door , we may be satisfied that at a certain level my meaning has been understood . |