Example sentences of "[pers pn] mean [pers pn] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm now what then is the position what is the nature of the criticism or the claims being made by the group of palaeontologists whom I 'm going to refer to , for reasons that will become apparent , as the punctuations — because I mean they would call themselves punctuations . |
| 2 | Well we cou , we could write to both if necessary I mean they 'd want them to know that we , that our prisoner 's been released and that we can have another one . |
| 3 | I mean I would open my eyes and see myself like that , wake up and then I 'd bounce off the bed and then I 'd sit there bouncing and , and but I have n't had that in a long time and wh when I thought now a lot of times , if I think that I leave either the front door unlocked , my house unlocked or the garage door open I go and actually check that in the middle of the night . |
| 4 | I mean I would do you er have ? |
| 5 | And in terrible conditions , erm , another country is Zaire where there is currently , I mean I 'd think there was a military coup or something there in the last few weeks , but these things are colonies which were n't connected to Britain , hoping I 'm being , I think it 's a French colony , they use a Belgian colony or is an ex Belgian colony , maybe in Belgium and France you would get more news about those two countries , but here we do n't , because they , we have n't got that colonial connection that makes us interested perhaps erm and , and when we do find out about South Africa because it used to be a colony , we do find out about , I mean Ethiopia I think we found out about because of the disaster that 's happening there in several of the countries all around it , used to be British colonies . |
| 6 | I do n't want to be tied , I want to leave my options free so that I can do whatever I want , I do n't need the extra responsibility , I mean I 'd like them but I just , I want my career first . |
| 7 | pound fifty or something for like a shampoo and rinse I mean I 'd use it if I go in there . |
| 8 | See what you 've done though , but erm I mean I 'd hate you just |
| 9 | The lads that are on strike well I mean you 'd think it 'd be vice versa him being like a blackleg er that 's er they 'd be agitating but he 's vice versa . |
| 10 | As soon as you walk through the archway , I mean you 'd expect it to be an open |
| 11 | I mean you 'd see it going round the town quite regularly emptying the gullies . |
| 12 | Cos I mean you 'd have your employer plan for the year anyway really . |
| 13 | erm Nothing at all really at the moment , erm obviously it 's early days yet as far as erm speedway goes , I mean you 'd imagine it sort of getting a bit late in the day really , to get things organised . |
| 14 | In Walsall Wood erm as I say , we used to have er two big bags full on a Fri Friday and then in the week we could go up but you 've got your bread but , you know , yo the men would be , I can just picture them with their little , all this pretty coloured paper would all be in little piles and when there were no customers , they would be wrapping the rice , the raisins , the currants , all in these pretty papers you see and they knew , I mean you 'd ask them for currants and they never sort of knew , I did n't quite understand how they could pick by , it 'd be by the paper you see . |
| 15 | You mean they 'd have him back ? |
| 16 | ‘ You mean you 'd let me be a kept woman ? ’ |
| 17 | You mean you 'd like it if I interrupted you when you were doing something |