Example sentences of "i mean [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I mean nothing could catch my imagination fantasy .
2 Well what do you know the guy that sings What Becomes of a Broken Heart I mean nobody can find him .
3 If you think that individual people have a big role in history , like and Woodrow Wilson , I doubt if he did , I mean everybody would admit that these were important figures obviously , but the question is , how important were they , compared with social , political and economic factors , possibly beyond their control ?
4 I mean everybody can get a twenty six !
5 Well they 're some of the best in the land , greyhound punters , I mean they 'll come they like their greyhound racing , real erm diehard people and erm they 'll come in any weather , I mean , the other Thursday when we really had a load of snow down , I mean no-one would come , you would n't even get off your couch for that , but erm we still had three hundred people attend which was erm even though as I say , we lost money on the erm meeting .
6 I think if , if they adopted a policy of erm of struggle last time , I mean they would get to land reform indirectly but I do n't think you can erm initiate it from the Party as such like because that causes all sorts of problems through definitions and things like that but
7 erm now what then is the position what is the nature of the criticism or the claims being made by the group of palaeontologists whom I 'm going to refer to , for reasons that will become apparent , as the punctuations — because I mean they would call themselves punctuations .
8 I mean they 'll do nothing about sex , they 'll just do all about morals , wo n't they , and decent , respectable people I 'd say and biology 's just cold and clinical .
9 yeah well I mean they 'll want to and they 've got
10 I mean they 'll go to a concert and make judgments about what they hear quite happily … they come back and moan , ‘ We ca n't judge composition , how do we know what criteria to use ? ’
11 I mean they 'll knit this Arran and .
12 Well they 're some of the best in the land , greyhound punters , I mean they 'll come they like their greyhound racing , real erm diehard people and erm they 'll come in any weather , I mean , the other Thursday when we really had a load of snow down , I mean no-one would come , you would n't even get off your couch for that , but erm we still had three hundred people attend which was erm even though as I say , we lost money on the erm meeting .
13 The other , the other weakness it possibly turned up is that , my experience is that , unless something bad there , the press do n't really want to do anything about it , if you 're just trying to sell your wares and say how good you are , and then hide a bit behind , I mean they 'll turn around anyway the circle , must be something .
14 Where yo where you are I mean they 'll have nothing .
15 I think that 's where they meet , I mean they may come from all the place but it 's the Judges Guild and I 'm due to speak to them tomorrow night .
16 Oh well I mean they may have been adjourned or a
17 So tha tha at that time , I mean they might get as much as three pound for mooring one ship up .
18 I mean they used to take things er the wedding ring , the jewellery if they 'd got any , towels , sheets , er suits , shoes , er did n't did n't want to sell them , did n't want to get rid of them , they just wanted to borrow money on those , and he used to charge you interest and ticket money when you took it in , and then you 'd got to pay interest when you took it out as well so it was , they were on a good thing .
19 I mean they used to provide the advisor to various secretaries of state I think did n't they ?
20 Ah I mean they will soften anyway and they are comfortable it 's just that the sides are a bit rigid at the moment but then they 're bound to be and they will give .
21 Yeah , but I mean they will make progress , I mean this colony
22 I mean they can go on the ferry .
23 I mean they can wear if you think about it they wear suits in the middle of summer where we 're into sleeveless linen dresses .
24 because men feel cold more , I mean they can wear , if you think about it they were suits in the middle of summer where were into sleeveless
25 That 's it , I mean they can live on
26 So they have they have in fact embarked on a course which now lets these newspapers really deliver them up on a plate I mean they can fry them , they can bake them , they can grill them , they can roast them because they 've put themselves in a position where they now deserve the criticism and the level of imagery which they 're getting .
27 I mean they can afford it between them .
28 Yeah but I mean they can afford to , it 's just like women or
29 Well we cou , we could write to both if necessary I mean they 'd want them to know that we , that our prisoner 's been released and that we can have another one .
30 I mean they 'd cut down on defence
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