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 . |