Example sentences of "[pron] mean i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I had no idea that by doing ‘ I left no ring with her ’ by Viola I was doing something that must have been heard a hundred times that day — I had no idea . |
| 2 | I mean I 'm abandoning it , I said . |
| 3 | I am trying — I mean I know I let the boys lean too much . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I could never do that to her , ’ I said , ‘ or perhaps I mean I could never do it to myself . |
| 5 | ‘ No , sir , I mean yes , sir , I mean I 'm an actor , sir . ’ |
| 6 | I mean I assumed he wanted me to know Poindexter 's name was Beethoven … it did n't just slip out . |
| 7 | So I said , ‘ Maria , I am experimenting and when I say ‘ experiment ’ I mean I want to see how it presents itself . |
| 8 | I mean I was just doing my job . |
| 9 | I suppose you think I mean I want to walk down the aisle in white with my friends watching , but that 's not it , that 's not what this feeling is to do with . |
| 10 | I mean I did a climb — A CLIMB ! |
| 11 | I do n't know what you 've got planned , there , but a decent boys ' day school is not something to be entered into lightly , it 's a hell of a commitment , I mean I send mine to the local primary and hope for the best … |
| 12 | I mean I said ‘ I want something by next Thursday ’ and , of course , they were n't there or the papers were n't done . |
| 13 | ‘ I need a solicitor — well Legal Aid — I mean I 'm being done for — you know — interfering with my daughter — incest they call it do n't they ? ’ |
| 14 | I mean I did not need to stay on at school or get my B.A. at Strathclyde to know when not to F or C. Fuck-me shoes , I just handed them back to the saleslady with as much dignity as I could muster and says , thanks but no thanks , I do n't know when I 'd ever have the occasion to werr them . |
| 15 | I mean I 'm no historian , you 'd have to check up on this with my hubby , but as far as I know the Reformation started up North in Europe a guid lang mile away from Rome and the Pope and that , up in the Region of what we now know as Holland , and Germany and Alsace Lorraine . |
| 16 | ‘ No , I mean I really ca n't . ’ |
| 17 | Would there be a fee involved , I mean I ask not only for me but for Ivan as well since he lives in Devon . |
| 18 | No problem — you must understand that I 've aged a little , I mean I still look roughly the same . |
| 19 | ‘ Sorry , I mean I 'm pregnant and , er , you said you could help me the day after tomorrow and I wanted to know if … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Somewhere , ’ Lee said , ‘ I do n't know where — in Africa , I think — there dwell two tribes , close to one another — I mean I think their assumed boundaries could well be adjacent — who hold diametrically opposed attitudes to the birth of twins . |
| 21 | I mean I could stay if you were , it would n't be too much for me . |
| 22 | ‘ I mean I 'd really like to , but I 've already been shouldered out of the Nativity play . |
| 23 | Look , Quite frankly , I mean I just do n't know why I 'm writing this column , OK ? |
| 24 | I mean I 've been at meetings where they ( IMG ) have said ‘ We 'll hand you ( rugby ) a cheque for $2 million ( £800,000 ) for the year . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not really fair , I mean I do n't have fair hair . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I mean I ca n't say I stamped on them myself . ’ |
| 27 | I mean I could find out more about this Bella . ’ |
| 28 | I mean I … you know I do talk quite openly to my pupils which is a little daring of me because the situation in Cyprus is a little different from here … |
| 29 | I mean I 'll go out and do my bit in the way I know how and I leave him behind . |
| 30 | Did n't particularly hate it , I du n no , I mean I had no idea that they were camping anything up from that record . |