Example sentences of "mean [adv] [adv] do " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
2 | Erm okay well in that case er what sort of time scale are we working to I mean how soon do you need somebody here ? |
3 | I mean how far do you think the publicity that the area 's had has been from your considerable experience would be |
4 | I mean how often do you use six ? |
5 | That means not only do I get a glass of beer and a scone by the fire , and the chance to pat one of their huge pack of gorgeous shiny dogs , but if I ask politely and do n't step on the Jack Russell , I also get permission to bring my car along the private road . |