Example sentences of "mean [pron] [modal v] [verb] it " in BNC.

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1 I mean them let's face it one out the three of us should of thought a bit more .
2 I du n no I mean I 'll mention it to the deputy again and say look we 're getting towards the end of a financial year , there will be some departments underspent because er suppliers ca n't meet deadlines and really you should keep in mind that w we have n't got er we ca n't just pluck five thousand pounds out of our budget .
3 I 'll see how the weather goes I mean I might hang it out I do n't know .
4 pound fifty or something for like a shampoo and rinse I mean I 'd use it if I go in there .
5 And this is confusing , I mean I must admit it is confusing and even , even s writers in the psychoanalytic literature get confused by this , because sometimes they , they er do n't see that to some extent the two systems are overlapping and to some extent they 're about di slightly different things .
6 I mean I must say it looks a bit bitty but erm er now you see up there they 've got the same , similar sort of style really to those houses .
7 I mean I can move it and I can make i but I , I do n't
8 I mean I can give it to you to take it in tomorrow morning
9 well no , I mean I can conceive it quite well
10 I mean I can understand it in this day and age , people trying
11 Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult .
12 That 's the point , I mean I could do it .
13 But it was I mean I could hear it over the telly .
14 What you mean somebody would take it
15 I mean you may find it 's not very easy to cut it down further until
16 Yeah , but erm , carry around , I mean you might want it at a minute 's notice
17 Tonight , not an easy word to spell I mean you might think it is but a lot of people spell it incorrectly .
18 You mean you 'll have it !
19 ‘ You mean you 'll accept it ? ’
20 Yeah but I mean you could leave it a while till you got some
21 I mean you could measure it maybe and say
22 Th the , the , the interim client report is ready I mean you could use it today .
23 and when we and when we were dredging that up , that used to be all like er er trunks of trees and you could , I mean you could see it when they come up it was very light .
24 Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well .
25 The lads that are on strike well I mean you 'd think it 'd be vice versa him being like a blackleg er that 's er they 'd be agitating but he 's vice versa .
26 As soon as you walk through the archway , I mean you 'd expect it to be an open
27 erm Nothing at all really at the moment , erm obviously it 's early days yet as far as erm speedway goes , I mean you 'd imagine it sort of getting a bit late in the day really , to get things organised .
28 I mean you 'd see it going round the town quite regularly emptying the gullies .
29 You mean you 'd like it if I interrupted you when you were doing something
30 Yeah I mean you can guess it from the clue without having to fill in the crossword .
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