Example sentences of "and i mean [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , by hangers-on I mean that there are all the Dukes and the Viscounts and whatever else there is and that whole strata in society , which , I think is English society , erm I mean I know that there are Dukes in Scotland but there are n't so many , and I mean they own quite a lot and I think that it 's impossible to have a classless society because the monarchy perpetuate class divisions . |
| 2 | Yeah , I mean I 'm I 'm very lucky because my parents are very liberal , and I mean they discussed sex with me quite early on and I 've never had a problem discussing it with them . |
| 3 | And erm he said , I 've got no erm pension or anything , you know I , cos they do n't , they pool the money you see , they , and I mean they do things like erm oh I do n't know have cows and make cheese and ice |
| 4 | And it and it 's emergency hospital on it , and I mean they 'd flown doctors out from Aberdeen , and medics off other platforms round about . |
| 5 | And I mean they say with skin grafts it takes two years before they 're completely settled and accepted . |
| 6 | And erm later on let's see f when the war started and I mean they wanted cheap labour and all that , there was room for apprentice . |
| 7 | And er the foreman and bosses that knew people and they knew the circumstances and I suppose they put a word in and erm you know men were sort of stopped because er I mean , if a man had a house full of children or something , he 'd probably be the very last you know before he was sort of forced to g you know sacked or wh And I mean they were n't sacked in a sense , they was always ready there was a place ready for them to come back to there . |
| 8 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
| 9 | now I , I have seen foxes and I mean they are they are now in built up areas are n't they ? |
| 10 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 11 | I I live in a village as well and I mean they , I 've got the same |
| 12 | The , the problem that I find in , in , in doing the role plays and I mean they 're good what we 're doing , but because you 're , you 're doing bits here and bits there |
| 13 | Yes , I suppose he is but I mean those two those pictures we bought were hundred and twenty and I mean they 're they 're only done by somebody in the village . |
| 14 | And I mean they did get out and have a little mooch around the car park . |
| 15 | the Officer and the Gentleman , they all come out in these white suits , and I mean they 're handsome right ? |
| 16 | right , and I mean they , they 're talking to you right and all the time they 're like this themselves like . |
| 17 | Mervyn and Georgina , well it 's Alice the er mother and I mean they had two stunning looking girls right , but they 've both married , they 're both involved with rich farmers . |
| 18 | When they start probing you , they go right back and I mean they went back what ten , twelve years did n't they ? |
| 19 | Well it is and I mean they 'll be simpler would n't they , than pulling up things like this I mean if we 're not gon na get out there , Rosemary says she gets out there about nine o'clock , do n't she ? |
| 20 | And I mean we , quite obviously , we get them involved with er school trips , as a matter of fact , I 've just organised a er thing I 've got here at the moment organised a er trip must be a good one must n't it ! |
| 21 | Well what I 'm saying is , yeah and I mean we 're all learning by this . |
| 22 | You know , and I mean we we work , you know , it 's like er I mean I have to pay full poll tax and all these type of things too , even though my husband 's on a sort of very er basic sort of wage , and I pay all these things you know . |
| 23 | But we can actually get it framed and I mean we 'll get it for well under that . |
| 24 | And it came home to me that you know we all had to come to terms in some way with erm with what it was all about and the kids and you know and it became something of a I mean i it was the experience that we went through you know it was i it was you know something that we 'll always remember I think because it 'll always make Christmas different I think for us in a way you know but it And when they came up from South Wales with car loads and van loads and I mean we all just sobbed you know I mean there was nothing to do really you know it was just and I think anyway that was Christmas , but I mean er . |
| 25 | Erm , the second point really was that erm as far as Highways is concerned and I mean we , as you 've explained earlier on , as Councillor explained , it 's gon na be very very tight I think , erm in years to come in terms of major highways and starts of major highways . |
| 26 | Good luck to them , I 'm not convinced in my own mind and I mean we 've interviewed these people that there are people internally ready yet , that 's why I said perhaps we should |
| 27 | And when I , I mean when I , I actu actually felt quite emotional cos I 'd not been to Park to see a match for a long time and I mean we 're living up here erm , and er , I just felt quite emotional when I got out and saw that lovely pitch it was in perfect |
| 28 | and get back , that 's what got him down , and I mean we do n't when we go out we do n't sometimes go out until ten at night and then have or nine and go out and have a drink and then |
| 29 | And I mean we have n't seen them since ours hardly have we ? |
| 30 | And I mean we , we , we could actually encourage folk to come and work with us and , and , and say that there 's childminding avail |