Example sentences of "means [pron] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er that means I ca n't watch er Maigret |
| 2 | Well , which means I ca n't come . |
| 3 | The thought of him thinking about it means I ca n't help thinking about it , too . |
| 4 | Possible legal action means I can not describe the details , but I was the front-seat passenger who had seconds to utter an expletive before the impact . |
| 5 | I am male which means I can not have children , I am somewhat reserved by nature so I am unlikely to be the life and soul of anyone 's party , and my chances of becoming King are very slim . |
| 6 | This means I can now go on to the fourth stage , a five day course in the Alps , before working for 30 days alongside a qualified guide as a kind of apprentice . |
| 7 | It means I can now play solidly for the next 18 months knowing that tennis is not the be-all and end-all . ’ |
| 8 | The 24-year-old Middlesbrough player , beaten 5–3 , said : ‘ It means I can now get back to Ayresome Park to watch the Rumbelows Cup semi-final against Manchester United . |
| 9 | All those years at Sally Carmichael 's dancing classes followed by weight training , then aerobics and , more recently , yoga , means I can still do high kicks and splits and back-bends with no trouble , but when I try to dance — I fall over . |
| 10 | The time-consuming nature of Janet 's part in the process , combined with a bad back which prevents her spending more than a couple of hours at the drawing board every day , means she can not keep up with her husband 's prolific output . |
| 11 | She , she 's there on Social Security which means she can only do part time education because if you 're on the Social Security you have to available to do a job |
| 12 | The snag is it means you ca n't rent a car : they insist on a credit card for that nowadays so you 're going to see America by bus . ’ |
| 13 | You can use several Pump Wagons together , or advance them with chariots or big monsters , but their random move means you ca n't rely on them to hit the enemy at the same time . |
| 14 | Yeah but he ca n't gi , so that means you ca n't go up cos you have n't got a chance to buy one . |
| 15 | But missing the summit of a tower means you ca n't leave your name and a message to the future in the route book , usually found in a flag-like tin box on the top . |
| 16 | ‘ This also means you ca n't dismantle it and use it elsewhere . ’ |
| 17 | This means you ca n't exit the loop with a GOTO . |
| 18 | 30Hz is well into sub-harmonic ( and potentially hazardous to health ) territory ; below 20Hz means you ca n't hear the sound that is rearranging your molecular structure , although you can sure feel it . |
| 19 | As long as history is assumed to operate according to the protocols of a conventional logic , where a contradiction simply means you can not think it or do it as Hirst supposes , then it remains at the impasse he describes . |
| 20 | This means you can also tailor rooms for others to use so that they ca n't get at applications you do n't want them to use . |
| 21 | This means you can just type an abbreviation instead of difficult-to-type names — so type Tc for Tchaikovsky and Shos for Shostakovich — and expand them later . |
| 22 | Being able to divide a living/dining room into two distinct areas means you can easily create an intimate setting . |
| 23 | Their lack of routine means you can often encourage them to feed when you want them to — such as just before you set off on an outing . |
| 24 | This means you can actually see a ’ crease ’ on the surface where two currents of different strengths converge . |
| 25 | Omitting the scanning side means you can only fax things you can produce on a PC 's screen — you could n't easily add your signature to a letter , for instance . |
| 26 | that means you can always have baked beans on toast at lunch time , it 's the case of first week finding out . |
| 27 | Because it means you can always criticize the individual , for either not having done the job well enough or for having not done it quite the way you thought it ought to be done . |
| 28 | ‘ Only because you Americans insist on fighting among yourselves , ’ said Dr Neil , and began to whistle ‘ Dixie ’ , ‘ which means you can never lose … so there ! ’ |
| 29 | This means you can still get the whole of the bend and point of the hook completely clear of the boilie . |
| 30 | Meetings now on Thursdays , which means you can still attend practices at the First Aid Post on Wednesdays . ’ |