Example sentences of "[pers pn] mean i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I keep on tell |
| 2 | I mean I keep on saying if I found I could n't do the maths I 'd ditched |
| 3 | I mean I thought personally that erm appendix one which was the initial submission was rather better erm in connection with the exception of three appendix one , it 's rather better than you know appendix two is sort of drafted in terms of , of , of , of . |
| 4 | I have took alopecia before I mean I thought maybe |
| 5 | because you think , I mean I come up here and I slag someone off to you or yeah , and then I 'll go downstairs and I 'll sit with them at lunch and have a perfectly normal conversation with them |
| 6 | I mean I knew just as much as him . |
| 7 | out and never said ta ta to anyone , I mean I ran over and I said to mum he 's got a funny on , what do you think ? |
| 8 | I mean I shout up to the bathroom , I mean |
| 9 | A man walked in and he says hello to John and that and how 's it going and that , he came into see you and I sat , I mean I came in |
| 10 | But the , I mean I came home and they were under the hedge they were n't going through but there 's a big piece of netting has come down and it needs erm stitching up and then it needs sewing , not sewing erm |
| 11 | I mean I went straight in , tell me about your wife , I mean you could 've said well she 's not my wife |
| 12 | No , I mean I went in , I was talking to this , this bloke |
| 13 | Well probably in your early days you 'll probably do a mix , but if y the quicker you can get to only work , and even to the extent I mean I went out and bought my own book that had personal recommendations on the front and I would actually show that and say look John the only way I actually work , while I get everything ready you might like to look through because it 's the only way I work , I purely work on a personal recommendation basis and that enables me to get quality clients like yourself erm and I can devote time to you rather than have to go out looking for people to tell my story |
| 14 | I mean I went out because I mean |
| 15 | Would there be a fee involved , I mean I ask not only for me but for Ivan as well since he lives in Devon . |
| 16 | Erm I mean I go up there |
| 17 | I mean I go back |
| 18 | I mean I go out |
| 19 | Yeah if they if their churning out the stock that tu tend to churn out , I mean I go along for an enquiry for a few and find they 've got thousands in stock . |
| 20 | I mean I go off cleaning in a pair of tracksuit bottoms and her er |
| 21 | And erm but I mean I remember when I I was doing er work with the Open University now I was a sort of er tutor with them or counsellor with them and I think we used to say ten to fifteen hours work a week |
| 22 | That really turned my stomach , even if , I mean I remember when I was carrying , when I was carrying the twins , and he used to go out huge things you know , and so much so that if he came home in the night , right , and I was already in bed asleep , I would be able to er , he would wake me in the bedroom cos I could smell smoke on him , but he did n't smoke , but where he 'd been the pub or a night club , I smelt |
| 23 | I mean I remember when I went , first went to my cheap caravan site where there is n't a toilet and you have to walk to the toilets , and I remember a couple of times when I was little , shitting my pants on the way to the toilets , you know , cos I could n't hold it in . |
| 24 | I mean I remember when I was at the New York Times and I wanted to use Cheltenham wide for a headline , Cheltenham bold well sort of bold wide , but it 's just called Cheltenham wide in the book , and because Cheltenham was always part of the New York Times library , whatever you call it , in the composing room . |
| 25 | Could it be also that erm children I mean I du n no how they , the children are reared and what sort of situation . |
| 26 | I mean I du n no whether it 's because they do n't want to lose votes or you know I mean they they were there sort of pontificating about we should all come little children and let's talk . |
| 27 | I mean I du n no whether you whether you you may want |
| 28 | and they are excepting a lump sum from the Government and they 're going to manage themselves and make a going concern of it as a business and any profits they get will go back to that hospital , well the community unit are opting out as well , they 're hoping to opt out , but if Labour get in , they 're gon na do away with all that and they want to undo all the one 's that have opted out , I mean I du n no how the hell they 're gon na do it |
| 29 | I mean I du n no if I like her you know . |
| 30 | I have n't got anything to prac I have n't got anything to I have n't got anything to practice at the moment Well I have but I mean I du n no . |