Example sentences of "mean [pron] must [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this is confusing , I mean I must admit it is confusing and even , even s writers in the psychoanalytic literature get confused by this , because sometimes they , they er do n't see that to some extent the two systems are overlapping and to some extent they 're about di slightly different things . |
| 2 | Er in so much as I mean I must admit with these increases , I appreciate your need to get the extra profits and I 'm looking at the ones where I think we can push them to get a bit more . |
| 3 | I mean I must admit I 've looked at some other flats . |
| 4 | No I 'd just be , I mean I must admit I 've , I 've not really seen one for years and years and years . |
| 5 | I mu I mean I must admit , must admit . |
| 6 | But I mean I must admit on the side of some men , it 's not actually an individual thing that I totally blame it on , although men , you know , have their responsibilities . |
| 7 | I mean I must say it looks a bit bitty but erm er now you see up there they 've got the same , similar sort of style really to those houses . |
| 8 | I mean you must have a lot of cases whereby where , where you are actually perhaps er er a taxi needs to be paid for to take |
| 9 | I mean did you ever have time for dances , and going to the pictures and that kind of thing , I mean you must have found some time ? |
| 10 | I mean you 're lucky to get that one mate , I mean you must have been , caught him on a real good day . |
| 11 | I mean you must see it yourself . |
| 12 | Prevailing regulations mean you must dive using an octopus and stab jacket ( no ABLJs allowed ) . |
| 13 | I mean she must have been in her seventies . |
| 14 | Well I mean she must have left he keys at home . |
| 15 | The shop , I mean there must have only been about five or six people in the shop . |
| 16 | I mean , it 's unbelievable , you know th er , he 's done so many breweries and yet why they do n't talk to wo well I mean they must talk to one another . |
| 17 | I mean they must pay the cover |
| 18 | Salvadorean women often remark that they live in a " matriarchal society " , by which they mean they must support their children single-handed . |
| 19 | Because they must , I mean even though Mark 's are good suits , I mean they must get a lot of wear . |
| 20 | I mean all this sitting on the fence I mean they must have very sore bums . |
| 21 | Then you know I mean they must have what was going on oh aye they just completely ignore it . |
| 22 | She was out in the front seeing as one of her umpteen people , I mean they must pack them in ! |
| 23 | I mean they must find they must find it expensive because I mean if they 're keeping that house on they have to have somebody going in to look at it , wo n't they ? |
| 24 | What do you mean I must have picked it up ? |
| 25 | At that moment Lesley-Jane saw your face — she told me you ‘ looked over your shoulder at her ’ but I did n't at the time realise that meant you must have been facing away from the stage . |
| 26 | The hearing was told Miss Dixon was bound by a grievance procedure at the home which meant she must raise matters of concern internally rather than go to an outside body . |
| 27 | Birth dates are not given on marriage certificates , only ages , and his mother 's was there as twenty-five , which meant she must have been born in 1926 and have been twenty-seven when he was born . |
| 28 | ( For example , the fact that you have always hoovered and polished every week need not mean you must continue to do so . ) |
| 29 | There was another boat not far ahead , going the same way , so that every lock was ‘ against ’ them , which meant they must empty each one before they could enter and must then fill it again . |
| 30 | This meant they must have had a hired car to take them to the airport or have gone by tube . |