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

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1 And I mean including the Germans , if you can drive them out .
2 Excellent voice I mean worth an A Bill , brilliant if you do that , but I mean I 'm not , I know speaking to sort of Charles and Tom and Alan , they say that sort of recommendation referrals in Norwich are very difficult but I think if you do it the right way
3 Take them I mean along the main road , he had taken the the the trees at the back of them and they had no shelter and they were down in the main road .
4 When two or three such persons were gathered together at our servants ' hall — I mean of the calibre of , say , Mr Graham , with whom now , sadly , I seem to have lost touch — we would have some of the most stimulating and intelligent debates on every aspect of our vocation .
5 I have n't been brave enough to write to a publication of any sort before , but it is one of my favourite pieces of music , and this is the greatest performance I 've ever heard ( and I mean of anything ) , so thanks for the opportunity .
6 Early in February 1726 Montrose instructed his commissioner in Scotland to organise his friends to support the plan of a reduction in emoluments for the collector , believing that this would discourage the new candidates and ensure Kirkton 's re-election , for the duke was determined ‘ to stand by him upon the above terms , I mean of a smaller sellary for the future ’ .
7 I mean of course about yourself and the little girls , the possibility of your returning to Halifax . "
8 And noting the widening of the haughty eyes , amended : ‘ I mean of course , sir , what are your orders ? ’
9 Well , I mean of , of course it , it is an unfortunate choice , is n't it , access road ?
10 Mother would n't have anything to do with it whatsoever , do n't you bring anything , any of that stuff into our house , I mean of course it be this New Zealand lamb had just arrived on the scene before the First Word War , I mean nobody was , anybody dare have it I mean they 'd be standing on the pavement at eleven o'clock at night almost giving it away on Saturday night , but anyway that 's all changed now , we all eat it .
11 But I mean of course they plugged me up with all sorts of things .
12 I mean of course you 're going to be judged adversely perhaps , but i in a church you are being listened to by people who are of like mind , and therefore willing you to have something of value and interest to say to them .
13 Yeah it 's like with me , I mean of course do n't forget that I 've got a good two hundred pounds to come on about the fifth of December from the British Legion 's savings .
14 No I mean of course not
15 well how can you not get somewhat attached to a child , I mean of course there 's children you do n't like , like adults you do n't like
16 I mean to our organization .
17 By subvert from within , I mean to actually be on Top Of The Pops and compromising in little bits so that they have big hit records .
18 Well , do n't just want to , I mean to .
19 Not that I mean to be cynical , but I do teach in an inner-city school ( where only Advanced Level pupils have textbooks — and they share — and where practical work involves half-a-dozen to a bunsen ) .
20 If anybody has any absolutely yes I 'll be quite happy I mean to me chairman of the trust or with management committee to meet anybody if they feel that they 've got some concern they wish to discuss I 'm quite happy to do that all I can say is that nobody has actually wro wro wrote to me or rang me to say they 'd like to meet to discuss that and I 'm quite happy to do that .
21 The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them .
22 I mean to be that man . ’
23 Well t I mean to the extent that that is happening , that there is a development of trade on the sort of , you know , with the periphery of the empire and with erm areas outside the empire , and that was certainly happening in this period , I do n't see why it should have a significant impact on the peasant population because there is n't really any evidence that it 's , in a sense , trickling down and enriching the peasantry .
24 and my heart went some where else and I think erm , the , the marriage erm , the love in my marriage was definitely killed by an act which my partner did and I would fall into the crimes of passion I think because I mean to , to me he committed the deadly sin of all and that was adultery and I could never forgive him for that and I think that picks up on a lot , many issues which have been raised tonight about you have to have trust in a partnership , you have to give and take and people change and some people can accept all that but I was not willing to do so .
25 Oh , yes , I mean to be there .
26 I mean to me the boss of of our bench , there was probably twenty people on the bench , to me the boss of that it was n't what you call a particularly good job but she 'd always worked at the and of course when when went on War work er th those that were still there they got the better jobs you see , to organize us that had n't been , worked there before .
27 So is that I mean to what extent do you feel erm the ch the church generally has moved along the road that you 'd like to see it ?
28 So , I mean to me , it 's a pure gamble .
29 Well it 's a bit i well I , well I could do but it 's a bit tricky I mean to some
30 She reported very little to us , I mean to Dieter .
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