Example sentences of "but [pron] mean [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , yes , but I mean one person can very often do things |
2 | We do n't name him but whoever is in a particular spot should be responsible for a certain area , which in in fundamentally it is done that in quite a number of instances but I mean one thing that springs to mind is that a lady shall clear the ladies toilets . |
3 | When nobody else is here but I mean one definition of that is that you 're asleep yeah . |
4 | No , yeah but I mean that leaflet very likely would n't have you know I mean I think this this leaflet |
5 | But I mean that thing ! |
6 | Yeah no but I mean passive smoking is just that 's , that 's , that 's the way that self erm s smoking is so selfish because you ca n't get away , you know , whether you 're not smoking or not you 're still getting the worst from it . |
7 | that I really but I mean last year still not finished ! |
8 | Yeah but I mean last season we hardly , Paulie and I hardly ever used to come home having lost . |
9 | But I mean this week er this weekend er , Mr died opposite erm , they 've got a , a detached house there and erm somebody went |
10 | Well this , this was a letter of the , granted it was eighty nine , but I mean this paragraph just said , you know , if we , does say that , you know , if we established a , a demand , and I do n't see why we should n't have a bash at . |
11 | We need to understand the position of the Sanhedrin , Jesus is really representing great changes in their tradition great a great revolution really and we know that what he was doing was was sort of getting Christianity to grow out of Judaism , but it meant that Judaism had to move to one side . |
12 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
13 | ALAN Kernaghan is ready to book a World Cup passage to America but it means waving goodbye to Middlesbrough . |
14 | But it means dedicated study , exact judgement , and above all , time . ’ |
15 | Sovereignty says nothing about the state one lives in , whether it is a democracy or an autocracy , but it means constitutional independence . |
16 | Organising a wedding in less than six to nine months can be done , but it means more pressure on your nerves and possibly your pocket . |