Example sentences of "mean they [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I it , it was , it was alright f for people wh who were used to that sort of thing but I mean they had n't all the mechanization in the mines then that they have now . |
| 2 | Erm , as I say , she 's like , she 's very democratic , and she 's always asking them what they felt how , how they felt they should tackle it , I mean They had n't decided what the message should be |
| 3 | and T D C when we come in , I mean they had n't checked any goujons , they had n't checked any of the fillets . |
| 4 | and this chappie had a double hip replacement operation , it 's been on the television here and er , he said they started off dancing with Sammy Davis , you know , er what 's it called , Tip Tap Toe or something like that , they , they act Sammy Davis and his , and his parents and then these two chaps I , I mean they had n't made it big time |
| 5 | I mean they fought valiantly for peace but I , I think that erm the maternity bill I think is what everybody admits that we shall always go down as being noted for . |
| 6 | Erm but I mean they went away a couple of weeks ago down to where Dave 's brother was buried in Isle of Wight |
| 7 | When they start probing you , they go right back and I mean they went back what ten , twelve years did n't they ? |
| 8 | What what we must n't do with Honey and Munnford is just take things at face value because what Honey and Munnford did is they actually carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they decided that I mean they carried out interviews with er lots of people thousand and they had a general study where they carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they said was that in particular with the reflector a l some , some scores are naturally higher than others and that what we ca n't do is just sort of look at these and say well this is the highest score , therefore I 'm much more of a , of a reflector than I have of , I am of the other three , all we actually need to do is compare our scores against the general norms . |
| 9 | I mean they did n't know that do they ? |
| 10 | Now if you 'd got grudge against the bloke who was taking it off in the shop , in the farmyard , after when you got back home , of course you had to come I mean they did n't stick it in the field , like they do now . |
| 11 | Perhaps you used to go and pawn the husbands suits or a anything like that till the following Saturday or Friday and fetch them out you see , and that cos there was very for people in them days , I mean they did n't get a deal of help from anywhere . |
| 12 | I mean they did n't have them in those colours in those days , that was the true Arran . |
| 13 | Well not roughly I mean they I mean they did n't sort of finish them off w wherever they was s sent to in whatever the firm I I I do n't know the name of the firm , I was I was n't involved in did n't bother as long as the job was done . |
| 14 | ( Rule of Life No. 279 : People who say , ‘ I hear what you 're saying , ’ really mean they did n't want you to raise the subject in the first place . ) |
| 15 | erm now if they , I mean they did n't even consider that how other options which might have increased the living standards because land reform |
| 16 | How much , how much erm by a landlord cos I mean they did n't even attend the conference . |
| 17 | Erm well I mean they did n't know it was there you see . |
| 18 | ‘ You mean they did n't tell you ? ’ |
| 19 | Mean they did n't let us know . |
| 20 | And so they went to report to the , to the police but and th I mean they did n't believe them , they thought it was just like birds . |
| 21 | Eh , and they , I mean they did n't say whether it was for one year or three years in that piece of paper anyway did they ? . |
| 22 | I mean they did n't pay for that it cost us more money . |
| 23 | I mean they set up their own photo opportunities at every opportunity , as we all know . |