Example sentences of "but [pers pn] mean [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ . |
| 2 | What about that , but I meant she got ta think about , she 'll want children of own and then she 'll have chi |
| 3 | But I meant it . |
| 4 | I say you , but I mean me . |
| 5 | We 've got two officer 's for example who are leading on working the young people in the town , Youth Development Officer 's er we , the Local Government Unit has a policy team initiated work on the youth policy , and this arose out of erm a member seminar 's , September eighty nine , where er the members felt that really the Council was n't doing enough for young people , that we as a Council , not not to think about young in the way we deliver our services and it was felt that we needed to go out and talked to young people , which we did in the winter of that year , erm and find out what they wanted from us , and the res as a result of that , that , that policy , and that consultation exercise has now developed into a front line service where we have two people full time working with young people in the town and that 's on various things , graffiti project , the underpasses in the town we , which have got graffiti type I mean I know there not everybody 's cup of tea , but I mean they way . |
| 6 | But I mean they are there to provide advice and we do get an awful lot of case work . |
| 7 | But I mean they spring up every summer . |
| 8 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 9 | Not that I do it , I mean if I tried to read all that stuff , I 'd never leave home but I mean they actually give a a an advice list which we can then comply with . |
| 10 | I it , it was , it was alright f for people wh who were used to that sort of thing but I mean they had n't all the mechanization in the mines then that they have now . |
| 11 | well we say that but I mean they 're not really Derbies . |
| 12 | I do n't want to be picky about this but but I mean they are government based . |
| 13 | Erm I mean we we have some left but I mean they 're mainly empty which does n't matter a lot I mean I 'll them for next year . |
| 14 | You know , the number and I mean has n't been able to get round to buying space in the T T G and Travel Weekly until the first two weeks in February cos we were so late in informing him I must had this conversation has taken away the brochure so there 's not a copy here but we 'll try and get hold of some as soon as possible but I mean they 're mainly for Glasgow but had been been up there from R and D y'know and she said that the people up there did n't seem to know the slightest thing about interline how to deal with interline tickets and agency tickets and all that sort of business . |
| 15 | Yeah , but I mean they do n't |
| 16 | No , but I mean they do it the easy way the |
| 17 | Er I do n't think are pulling out but they , they 've suspended things , but I mean they just do n't know if they 're competing . |
| 18 | But I mean they were banging they were banging fifteen hundred in for that disco for the first |
| 19 | That 's right yeah but I mean they 've got some really , sort of you know , like those things , what have you said tonight that you like , those that jar of stuff , was it something in rum pineapple ? |
| 20 | Doug took him over in the week to look Mark 's but I mean they 're beautiful suits |
| 21 | But I mean they 're not . |
| 22 | Erm but I mean they went away a couple of weeks ago down to where Dave 's brother was buried in Isle of Wight |
| 23 | Oh yes but I mean they they seem to concentrate pretty well round these playing fields for some reason . |
| 24 | But I mean they 're , they 're too easy in a way are n't they ? |
| 25 | but I mean they were n't you know and I mean someone we did n't even know at all , so er you know all erm but I mean Lionel sat with the guy that organized it and the bus driver so he did n't feel out of it , you know , |
| 26 | Yeah but I mean they can afford to , it 's just like women or |
| 27 | But then she start putting my erm blouses on like , cos she probably seen somebody come in nice thinking oh dress up tomorrow and then I , in case he comes in and I used to think shit that had been in the wardrobe , alright I do n't wear them but I mean they 're still nice |
| 28 | Yeah , but I mean they 're not just you know , just well off , he are well well off ! |
| 29 | yeah I know , but I mean they 've got things like to my god mother , |
| 30 | But I mean they can be left ca n't they ? |