Example sentences of "mean [pron] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So erm you know you , you , you I mean I 'm I N F J and so it 's alright for me to think I 've changed your thinking . |
| 2 | I mean I 'm Tracey 's surprised that Jenny got honours . |
| 3 | I suppose it 's a bit like me and Joanne really I mean I 'm bit er nasty to her behind her back really , only to her |
| 4 | You mean you are F T B |
| 5 | I mean she 's shit hot she does I mean she 's pretty efficient is n't she ? |
| 6 | She I I mean she were brigadier and she 'd gone through all her life |
| 7 | I mean everything is kind of steaming up |
| 8 | Oh I know , I mean we 're victims of that at work ! |
| 9 | It 's difficult really because I mean we 're sort of striving for the same sort of things |
| 10 | Very briefly Chair , to say I think nothing 's perfect , as I said , I mean there are areas that still need to be improved , and I think our , the image and in a sense our marketing section does need to be improved , and I think no-one would deny that . |
| 11 | Anyway , there we are , erm so I mean there are things like that also er we need to work out how we divvy up the exam fee , I mean I 've said to B A I E but they have n't so far |
| 12 | ‘ You mean there are others waiting for us , ’ Jotan said . |
| 13 | I mean there are problems with ground water in certain areas , because of the tipping practices that have been historical . |
| 14 | Y'know , I mean there are companies and companies . |
| 15 | And i in sort of legal terms , I mean there are remedies that you can take against noise . |
| 16 | Very anxious to promote the Wales in Europe scheme because it 's been very important to us , including the links that er we have been able to build up with other regions of Europe in Catalonia , , Lombardy and Battenberkaburg above all er which our our sort of strong erm er neighbours which can teach us a lot about industry and these are the areas that we will want to link up with by having this extra seat in the European parliament , er and obviously I mean there are sorts of areas where we have some sympathy with the occasional point that is made by the anti-Europe speakers on the other side . |
| 17 | Oh yes , there ha , I mean there are economies of scale in agriculture , it 's just that they 're , the scope of them er , is less than er the scope in manufacturing so I mean , farms used to be a lot smaller and throughout this century , this last century we 've witnessed an increase in farm size alright , but the I think the optimal , the optimal farm size is erm , I think it 's about three hundred hectares okay , er erm , with three hundred hectares you 'll produce a , a pretty squit proportion of erm total output but farms used to be sort of one , two , three , ten hectares in size as we 've gone through the farms have amalgamated and increased in size and that 's primarily due to economies of scale , but there are a great deal of economies to be reached , once you 've got a combine harvester , once you 've got big machinery alright . |
| 18 | Yeah although the tape 's on I 'll still say I 'll still say I mean there are people within the company as within any company I 'm sure who you when you get to know their technical ability or lack thereof you think well how have they managed to get where they have but they just seem to be able they seem to have this ability to be able to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 19 | You know what it costs to run , switch the lights on , you know what it costs to run a conveyor belt for goodness sake , and yet it , and if , if you , if you lose money on , on shifting one parcel , I know if you shift a hundred thousand you might make something , but the chances are high that you wo n't , and , and I mean there are people shifting more parcels than us , I know that , they ca n't make any money out of it . |
| 20 | No but I mean there are people that come in here and just living here . |
| 21 | I mean there are measures of comparison that exist which show that . |
| 22 | I mean there are occasions when you |
| 23 | I mean there 's dad and his mum and Arthur we were n't we were n't broad . |
| 24 | There 's , I mean there 's stuff in here we need . |
| 25 | ABBERLEY : ( hiding face ) : You mean there 's sign of toll . |
| 26 | I mean there 's Denis — ‘ |
| 27 | I mean there 's Jody and all those like and they 're a real dipstick , they have balls but that wee kid is just so unbelievably stupid like , he was just like |
| 28 | That lady said when one of the royals went it was nice to see , but I mean there 's women that do that every day of the week and it 's never writ about then ! |
| 29 | I mean there 's Terry , we have n't spotted . |
| 30 | and that er , you know , has lead to a lot of misery in some cases , er , also I mean there 's question of viability of our own scheme and I er , think er you know , er there are a number of questions which I as a lay-man would like to be , you know , I think the seminar is probably the right to do that . |