Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] i mean [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because you might start from nought or something I mean they do n't often do this but you might start from nought , and then they ask you What is it at minus ten ? |
| 2 | Erm , it , what it struck me as is a parallel with Freud 's idea of transference , you know that once something happens in the , in the traumatic period in a , in a childhood , there 's then a tendency to transference to occur later in life , we recreate later in relationships to er the model of the early one and er it struck me that what you said about French industrial relations sounded a bit like transference in erm in the psychoanalysis the idea that i i it spills out as it were from the initial which might have been saved er within the family to other relationships i in later life that people have with their superiors at work or something I mean you can see this actually sometimes you know that people have relationships with their superiors which are clearly erm based on erm their relationships with their parents and they see the , th their boss as a parental figure and the employee sees themselves as er as , as , as a kind of erm child and it shows itself sometimes in quite er quite unmistakable ways . |
| 3 | And so that shows that how that they I mean it implies that that 's happening and that that ought to be controlled . |
| 4 | And I I mean it was absolutely gorgeous . |
| 5 | And I I mean it was absolutely gorgeous . |
| 6 | Well having seen a little bit erm was on the other day and I I mean I I must admit I touch shut up you ! |
| 7 | And you I mean you 're gon na get you 're only about four foot high you see ? |
| 8 | We 'll have a look at decimals because you need to need to know what you 're doing with decimals but decimals are fractions and until you I mean I think you 're very happy with fractions now you 're probably ready to go on to decimals . |
| 9 | times of I mean , I actually think it 's a an awful lot of ask of a friendship , or of a family situation and also , indeed , if you I mean I think sometimes they can be very supportive but th the true understanding may not be there and erm I think that 's what led me to start up a self- help group in Edinburgh erm which is , has been erm running for the last two years now . |
| 10 | Yes when you go up there you 'll have to register but if you I mean I presume the university term 's what ten weeks ? |
| 11 | Erm well if if we I mean you 're you 're probably fairly clear about the archaeology area |
| 12 | On the other hand they have n't got the landfills and the whole scheme that the west has developed and they I mean it 's a health hazard meanwhile . |
| 13 | And really the slate industry I think probably hinges on quality being maintained you know I mean li like I said I do n't want to go in you know I 'm no expert on this sort of thing but erm A deep sense of of injustice I think is that and , oh my God if if we let him start making us just you know like robots produce more and more slate and laying off some of the older craftsmen and you know they do and David Price who knows and I mean th they put that and and then they the last fifteen years it was a it was a defunct slate quarry before you know and they I mean it 's not as i it 's not an easy thing to er work slate I 'm sure it 's d difficult and you have to know what you 're doing . |
| 14 | Erm but er when the war finished , when the war finished and the Home Guard stood down , I ca n't remember who was the mayor of Walsall at the time , but they had a reception in the town hall for the Home Guard and everyone that was in the Home Guard was invited before we hand before we st handed our uniforms in , was invited to attend and I must say with great pride that I was can still remember it now , that the wife and I went to the reception and I was in the uniform and it 'd be the mace bearer I presume that was at the door and he asked your name and er rank and he shouted out your name and rank when you went in and you was greeted by the mayor and mayoress inside the ves the hall of the town hall , and erm I mean er quite proud to be Corporal and Mrs you know and it I mean everyone that went , I mean their rank and name and who was with them , you know , was it was quite quite a er er quite a something of to look back to of interest that was , you know , when we stood down . |
| 15 | And it I mean it it does n't help saying I told you so but I did |
| 16 | Oh , er , I do n't know so much about knowing when and how so much , cos it I mean who 'd thought prices of houses would then go up as they did , you know , and there 's er , I knew er a young women that was buying a house and these people said oh , oh it 's , we 're not just ready to move yet , we 're not , and during this time Daisy said were rocketing up in price and she could n't afford one after |
| 17 | I 've got two boxes at home , but I I mean its not brilliant , but they do the job for me could be worth cos he driving out there as well , would n't mind start get the old ferry ticket 's tomorrow and piss off over there , straight through France , |
| 18 | But I I mean we I do n't know whether you think it 's worth contacting or not . |
| 19 | But I I mean she was noted |
| 20 | Yeah well it probably will be cos but it I mean they 've never had to go to that extension have they ? |
| 21 | It 's us that promoted and surely if we created the situation it might work in our favour but it I mean it ca n't be very pleasant for other people |
| 22 | No but it I mean it 's just been so long , it I I said to him , can I do this trial and he said , and i explained everything about it and he said , yes try it . |
| 23 | Because I I mean I because she had asked me originally to keep it but I keep mine all separate until you asked me for it . |
| 24 | Whereas you I mean it 's great you go into Birmingham Children 's Hospital and it 's red and blue and green and balloons and it was great ! |
| 25 | but sure but but but surely there is also a lot to be said for I I mean you do n't go and buy a V W Golf G T I just because somebody says they make one and would n't it be good to have one ? |