Example sentences of "i mean [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Depending how quick they actually okay them erm I mean for two years , three years now they they 've just gone straight through with no queries at all .
2 I mean for thirty years we feel like brothers and sisters with them , and it is unfortunate that Saddam Hussein has turned it all now against everybody .
3 I mean with ordinary ones
4 Well I do n't know about that , I mean with some schools it 'd be a good idea to get them away from it .
5 Well an an an and I , it seems to me that the , the er I mean you go , you go to the er to the M S Society and you find just about everybody there , you know , you find people who , who are in wheelchairs , you find people who are walking around , you find people who are er controlling their diet you find people who are obs s taking extreme dietary precautions , no , not precautions , no they are taking extreme care of their diet , er er I mean on gluten-free diets and you know what that means
6 " I mean about Apache Indians and all . "
7 I mean in other words we 'll now have a proper strategy the Vale of the White Horse , which was always an area of the county where the County Council services to the elderly was poorer than elsewhere .
8 Certain ones of them , for instance the Brazilians may not be taking an awful lot of notice , or may not apparently be taking an awful lot of notice at the moment , but I think the pressure is on , and that things are changing , and more and more countries are going towards policies that will in fact support , sustained yield production and timber from the forests , and the reservation of the forests for that purpose , erm I mean in many countries have a policy where they just let tribal institutes use the raw material , and the forest is not reserved , and it 's not looked after .
9 I mean it 's , I mean er , we still consider , I mean in many ways it 's , it 's Breckland but particularly Norfolk we want to particularly their members we want to get , we want to get to , I mean er , you 'll need obviously great support authority District Council but er , er I will , I will consider that , but I do n't really think it 's necessary for that
10 I mean in some cases be left with the ward sister and I think in general that 's who they will nominate .
11 Mm I du n no what we get asked to do you know , I mean in some cases we can handle everything like pulling out bloody cables after other receive in that kind of thing
12 and i it was n't in all areas that the came back , I mean in some areas there was enough security but you would n't know which area was going to be secure .
13 I mean in some ways
14 I , I mean in some respects this , this , this is very good Mary .
15 I mean in some respects that 's almost an imposs an impossible task it 's simple impracticable .
16 I mean in most clubs I mean they come in , they have a game of cards
17 I do n't sort of , I mean in those days they had wh apprenticeships and , and that sort of thing .
18 I mean in both senses of the word .
19 That 's what I mean by artificial jobs .
20 What I mean by these categories differs quite substantially from what other well-known anthropologists mean .
21 I mean by this attitudes of wonder , reverence and awe , as we contemplate the beauty of the universe and note the fragility of its life-systems .
22 Oh cha chapel Later on , I mean er you know when you got to ten , eleven , ch there were so many things at chapel , I mean from learned dissertations , I mean the gentlemen from the University , here .
23 I do n't know , probably not , I mean he does n't wear his , I mean like proper trousers
24 I mean after thirty years of policies our own real economy is shambles , growing unemployment .
25 You know , our policies are working , I mean after thirteen years
26 They thought I meant for five seconds but I made them practise holding their tone for twenty or thirty seconds .
27 As for what I meant by progressive methods , he did not believe in just filling children with data , if that 's what I meant .
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