Example sentences of "mean [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've only ever seen part of it I mean where they get it rigged up and the hit man keeps coming back and he , he keeps seeing him and he 's , he 's walking round the place and |
| 2 | I mean once I know what a thing is |
| 3 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 4 | achieve but I do n't think they ever will , that I mean once you start you , you |
| 5 | I mean that they have what they call ‘ access ’ to the water , which means to the docks which means to the port which means to the open sea which means to the world . |
| 6 | Underneath the screen up in the pie in the sky I mean that I mean I 've known that when you 've only got about that much where you should have that . |
| 7 | I got back to work , by which I mean that I got my papers and notes out , and then sat looking at them for what seemed like a dreary lifetime , and was really probably only twenty minutes . |
| 8 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 9 | ‘ I think you mean that you miss your family ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You mean that you changed your mind again , so that you could be sure to provoke me , ’ she snapped . |
| 11 | The disadvantages placed on the industry mean that it costs our farmers 5p a dozen more to produce eggs . |
| 12 | Well that one really is I mean cos I see them up in the woods quite a lot |
| 13 | Well I know , but it was sad because in Gosport that was what keep most of them going , I mean like they said none of them have never been on the dole before , they 've all been there since they 've left school , there was a couple there |
| 14 | I mean and I think it is the lack of the regulate the er the regulatory control of city actions , I mean one of the points that we 've been recently been advised on is that one of the city institutions which has already been er fined , er from its London office on a technicality is in effect the New York and London offices are deemed to be one entity and I think that er what we 've been advised is that erm I forget the phrase , I wrote it down here somewhere , that what we would be advised to do is to take action against that particular city institution in New York , because that er it is deemed that the London and New York actions are in fact one and that the that er what in fact the er and I think the f yes , there it is , that , that in a way though what we 've been advised is that the basis of that action would be that the organisations London and New York operations are essentially the same operation and bound by a strict know your customer rule as mandated by U S Securities Law , you know . |
| 15 | mean and I think it 's , it 's , it 's a shame ! |
| 16 | an acknowledgement , and acknowledgement in a manner to be agreed , if that really is , I mean if we put our twenty thousand pounds to pay for the lift for the disabled or something like that , |
| 17 | Do n't need , I mean if we get somebody in to do that , we 'd have somebody in do little bits of repairs here and there , but generally it 's alright . |
| 18 | Ya , well , I have n't got the , yes , the backlog is very substantial er , in terms of things like guaranteed fees and erm , non-stock interest but it 's a long way out er , I mean if we add it all up , you might be far too impressed by the figure but I think erm , we know that 's the right way of looking at it . |
| 19 | But I mean if we print something and then suddenly they instal all these new bottle banks which we did n't know about . |
| 20 | Yeah yes , I do n't think you er you can measure I do n't know , I mean if they staple it they close it off , er |
| 21 | I mean if they insist they want all that I mean I 'll if they insist they want the interest as well then I 'm in er a bit of a spot |
| 22 | W why do , why do people move , I mean if they know there 's urban unemployment , why , you know , why do they move ? |
| 23 | a bit more resigned , there 's another , there 's another sort of erm possibility , I mean if they sold their house quickly of course then , you know they 'd come down here obviously and they 'd try and look for something , but it 's not likely that they 'd sell their house that quickly |
| 24 | I mean if he saw me or anybody who he knew , hello young that sort of thing like , you know . |
| 25 | so erm , I mean it 's all down to Gary , I mean if he wants his new computer , I said to him I said you 're better off getting you know extra three or four grand on the mortgage |
| 26 | I 'd probably know what you mean if I saw it . |
| 27 | I mean if I retrain you know , there 's a thousand people for the same job , it 's just looking very bleak . |
| 28 | and they kept I was in stiff I could hardly move them I mean if I touched them now I mean that one 's not too bad I ca n't touch that one very much when you can see them , my scars and all there If I touch that , that 'll be very gingerly ach aches like hell ! |
| 29 | I mean if I sold it cheap . |
| 30 | I mean if I put my best , give you my best glasses you 'll widen them wo n't you ? |