Example sentences of "and i mean " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was kind of looking down and twiddling his pen , you know … and I mean I know it sounds stupid , but I did n't mind , I think I knew anyway . |
| 32 | We still need to know what is in that contract or we need to find out whether there is anything peculiar , and I mean illegal , about Harley 's putter . |
| 33 | And I think when we talk in terms in getting around to spending the money we have got then we need to look quite clearly about how you make a place more inviting and it 's also about when people come into the building how they 're met what the receptionists like , when they ring up can they get through and I mean I 'm I 'm surprised that 's said about the tickets that I think that our reception ticket areas an excellent area the people working there are first class are very friendly very helpful so it 's trying to get that sort of concept through the building I thin k we work on that I think the building 's kept very clean people who clean the building are very good but I hear what you 're saying and I thinks it 's been said earlier by the lady here by the foyer downstairs she feels threatened when she goes into that bar because I think the whole decor and the way it is is a threatening place I think we need to look at those so that was an old and . |
| 34 | This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know . |
| 35 | the stickers and I mean |
| 36 | And I mean I have , I I remember that on some T V programmes they they said it 's all bogus |
| 37 | And I mean it was er I accept that it 's hardly that that Russia perhaps was intervening in the interests of er of of erm of of of of er Russian policy in that area . |
| 38 | Of course , from this end , we had to see England in all their matches and so a local production company was hired for the day — and I mean local . |
| 39 | A slight ( and I mean very slight ) rhythmical easing back is all we are given to signify the transition from Allegro tempestoso to Moderato tranquillo ; albeit accompanied by a beautiful singing cantabile . |
| 40 | Anyway , she kidded in a large ( and I mean large ) pen with her mother , grandmother and sister with her and after kidding we moved her and her mother to a separate pen . |
| 41 | And I mean to say , who would want to live in your gallery ? " |
| 42 | And I appreciate and I mean I 've discussed with you the , the complications or you 've got to keep open certain hours because you 've got a catering facility and you 've got certain members of staff and you 've got to keep projectionists occupied etcetera . |
| 43 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 44 | So we 'll sta er you do erm graduated assessment this afternoon , then we 'll start looking at erm , our assessment procedures we , you know S M P national curriculum and I mean , if you 're not around you know well |
| 45 | It is a report to parents and I mean , under legislation we have to report |
| 46 | You know I mean you er er it 's al I , I think the same would happen if you put a five note in inside it would get thrown out with the rubbish but erm the thing is that obviously some , some early day , if one can say in inverted commas early day publicity erm from the Northumberland side of things could a and I mean my view when , when Ros was telling me what happened at the last meeting erm was that was gon na be acting as an icebreaker as opposed waiting till the last minute somebody 's gon na and they think erm as it were , a and build up from , from that because there 's obviously gon na be one or two other things coming directly from national level . |
| 47 | And I mean to say that 's in all honestly , that 's what 'll happen , they 'll pay less I should imagine . |
| 48 | I 'm sorry to say but I think that we 're talking about this education day at the beginning of October and I mean god knows we 've known this is coming for , it 's almost as if we 've got to the brink of , you know like lemmings just about to throw ourselves off the cliff and we do n't know why we 're going to do it . |
| 49 | And I mean , through the years which this town is about thirty four years old ? |
| 50 | In other words , I mean I 'm retired and I mean the point is that my erm experience goes back into the er into the dark ages I can almost say because in these days , you probably realise , I mean if anybody buys a video you do n't ask you do n't look for the book of instructions you ask about a five year old kiddy how to programme it ! |
| 51 | And I mean we , quite obviously , we get them involved with er school trips , as a matter of fact , I 've just organised a er thing I 've got here at the moment organised a er trip must be a good one must n't it ! |
| 52 | There 's no doubt about it , the government should do a lot more and I 'm sorry to leave on this kind of basic note , the thing what really got was when they were talking about the coal miners and I mean , I know that particular area quite well , where they , they said we 'll put some money in for training ! |
| 53 | Erm there are various er theories to explain it erm and I mean usually , if there is a significant population increase , and that is a very very dramatic increase indeed , it is associated with increases in productivity . |
| 54 | I just want to read three anecdotes which , and I mean I 've given you sort of odd statistics and the advantage of anecdotes is that they actually put flesh on the bones I think , and they really give you a sense of what it meant to be er a peasant in China in the nineteen thirties . |
| 55 | and I mean there has n't been , I think , that kind of critical investigation of the claims that have been made by successive leaderships in Russia and China and other states claiming to be communist |
| 56 | And I mean there has been up until fairly recently , it 's only in the last few years that relations have tended to get a bit better . |
| 57 | And I mean over the years you can sort of pick a sample out and say ‘ It 's pretty close , this one ’ ; or , y'know , ‘ Do something about it ’ , there and then , if you think there is anything that can be done . |
| 58 | Now , gently with your hand and I mean gently , |
| 59 | But one aspect that I find very worrying is the extraordinary level of negativity in the media and I mean particularly in the newspapers . ’ |
| 60 | And I mean , I find that really horrendous ! |