Example sentences of "[pron] mean i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I think so , there 's got to be one person I mean I thought about this long and hard and there 's just no way , it can not be done by committee it would not work cos then
2 I think that the money that is actually getting put into Scotland in tourism , I mean I come from Sterling and
3 good news , erm , that 's interesting , I mean we have expressions , I mean I come from Yorkshire
4 The thing is , if they always give you and you , your , nine times out of ten what they do is like , is either , they either put a can over there or a beer or something , they put it over the end of the , the weapon pull the trigger and that , even with a flash that can go like that , and then they show you one with the , the erm flashes right which have more powerful than the and they 've actually got same again same charge as a life grenade in , but it just plain cardboard so , obviously no trap , but if you lay on them ooh er , you get or something you do n't throw what they do now is they put one they light one , put the helmet over the top of it and make it lit , it runs like buggery and it 'll go a hundred , a hundred and fifty foot up in the air and inside it looks like its been and where its been in the thing it 'll be like er , six seventy foot off the ground , I mean I laid on one once and I , landed about two foot too my left so I 've rolled over , rolled , rolled , and rolled , as I 've rolled I 've rolled over on my back and I 've had all loads of over , like the , I had a roll there its like the er
5 but I mean I went to a church school
6 I mean I went to a boarding school before I came here that was just like that but , but it was more like , I do n't know , the guys there , I had more friends that were boys than friends with the girls , yeah
7 I , I mean I went like this into dinner okay , and I suppose everyone was like what 's she doing in a skirt or whatever cos they were all like looking and then like half way when I was eating I could feel them all staring at me and laughing and Jim and that lot were laughing and I could see Charlie
8 I mean I asked for cream when I came here .
9 I mean I know through the summer holidays that I 've really got to get to work with him on his maths , likewise I know I 've got a lot of work to do myself for
10 it 'll be back again Mind you , I feel it I mean I know at the moment it 's it 's me I my elbows in the morning I ca n't hardly move them when I wake up in the morning because I get that far my arms have to be outside the bed and our bedroom 's that cold
11 I mean I know in my time when I was a crane driver if they , if one of them did n't turn up dow down at Cliff Quay they 'd come along to a crane driver and they 'd say , take a rope for us will you .
12 I think it 's a difficult situation , I mean I know in er in Nottingham now , if the car parks are full , you actually get directed by the attendant to use a disabled space .
13 I mean I know from my own personal experience that if you come fly from New York to London and you eat a meal in a restaurant or in a hotel in New York and then the next day you eat one in London , you do find that the services is much slower , for example .
14 Because but they do n't , I mean Lee alright , I mean I know by just looking at him what he , like his T-shirts and everything
15 I mean I mean during the week she never , she 's going to get to the stage except that Chris is taking Amy to ballet , she wo n't see Neighbours at all .
16 I mean I got to thinking if I ca n't find any I 'm dead .
17 I mean I er er I mean I just do n't know how you , you begin and end with this actually I mean I really do n't and I mean I think quite frankly if Hydro Electric were to go out and say okay , we will fund the purchase of twenty houses four bedrooms each for the homeless right I would have thought in terms of doing something I mean I walk round Princes Street and I see those poor sods and I say to myself
18 I mean I walk around the town and I see a factory or a shop or a house , it only got to be empty about a week and all the windows are smashed .
19 Well , well she was , she was standing outside , I mean I looked at her this morning and I 've loo so I 've sort of looked at her , and I was going to speak to her and then this fella walked up and I thought , I , I mean I could n't gauge whether , and I mean my , I , I was thinking what I was going to say anyway , I was going to say er you know sa is it Paula so you perhaps do n't remember me but I , I , and then I was going to say I 'm Adrian , Adrian
20 I mean I looked through it this time .
21 I mean I looked through it yesterday and th there are a few reconciliations which would n't take much sorting out .
22 We will in fact be er I mean I advertise in the er I am a client of his and we will we will be looking at the same he will be a competitor of ours in some fields .
23 Er cos er my son-in-law I mean I put on the form right I 've got no children right .
24 I mean I said to Shaun on a Friday night we 'd better decide this , otherwise there 's no point in us coming through tomorrow mate , we might as well stay at home and go to the football or something
25 But it ai n't much but it 's I mean I said to our I do n't know how she manages on that
26 Well like I mean I said to him I do n't think , you know I mean it was just ideas I think he said I 'm not saying do it .
27 I mean I said to her today I mean there was this costume there and I said here get that one there I said french maid outfit , nurse 's outfit .
28 I mean I said to Scott
29 I mean I said to him oh er what he 's really got to get really is a cooker erm cos I said to him , I , I said to him if you really want to try and move in next week then you have n't got another week 's money to pay for that , you know
30 Yes , I mean I noticed from the draft P P G thirteen that they do not define small .
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