Example sentences of "[pers pn] mean [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yeah but I mean in a way you can understand |
| 32 | I mean in a w well I ca n't , did we , I wonder if we recharge this to the Welsh Office or not ? |
| 33 | I mean in a way I think it 's probably the best thing that 's happened to me for a while cos I could see myself see the thing is I can I was n't ever planning to be here for even six months . |
| 34 | Erm you know but he 's saying the developments of the peasant movement has resulted in the rapid rise in their cultural level erm you know so on the one hand he 's , I mean in a way he 's , he 's trying to re-educate the whole peasant class erm and , and change their way of thinking which previously has obviously been going on , you know , since Confucian |
| 35 | No they 're not gon na exploit their own workers but surely the , the , the whole idea of the build up towards land reform is that you are making , I mean in a Marxist sense it 's the only way in which you can do it is , is you make progress through conflict . |
| 36 | Well , we 're going to continue with press releases after lunch , but let me just , I mean in a sense , those were fiction . |
| 37 | The nature of Burne-Jones 's aims and predilections in art are well-enough known by this time , and have been defined by himself absolutely fitted to this thought : ‘ I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was , never will be — in a light better than any light that ever shone — in a land no one can define or remember , only desire . ’ |
| 38 | Do you know what I mean by a relatively free press , Mr Wagner ? … |
| 39 | In particular , it is necessary to pay close attention to the relationship of civil society ( within which I will include much of what I mean by a specific urban culture ) and state forms and processes , in a context of ‘ disorganized capitalism ’ . |
| 40 | That 's right see we 've talked , we 've spoken about all the form closes before in the past , we 've spoken about a sumter closes , I mean you know what I mean by a sumter close , do n't you ? |
| 41 | So I mean from a couple of bits of information we could tell they had sheep , they probably ate them , teeth marks on it , things like that . |
| 42 | How however , I mean from a a broader point of view I think I would have some general reservations as have been confessed previously by Mr Earle and and Mr Jewitt . |
| 43 | I mean like a ballpark figure . ’ |
| 44 | But it 's not easy I mean you know I was reading an article ages ago a few months ago actually and saying you know if you think about it the sort of revolution was over a year ago and still the government has n't done anything about it and I mean like a lot of provisions that have been brought into Romania sort of go in the front door and out of the back door and you know they sort of sent those of supplies like contraceptions and things like that for the women and overlap |
| 45 | Yeah but ah then again why I mean like a lot of people have do n't have actual they have n't got money but they they sort of choose to have money tied up in property , though it do n't mean to say you 're wealthy just because you 've got a big house does it ? |
| 46 | ‘ Ye mean like a debt ? ’ |
| 47 | ‘ You mean with a woman ? |
| 48 | You mean as a newsreader or a a presenter of programme |
| 49 | ‘ You mean for a holiday ? ’ |
| 50 | ‘ You mean for a little holiday ? ’ |
| 51 | ‘ You mean for a consultation about Edwin 's health ? ’ |
| 52 | I said what you mean like a brothel charge ? |
| 53 | ‘ You mean like a cook , or like a waitress ? ’ |
| 54 | Right , you mean like a home income scheme ? |
| 55 | ‘ You mean like a soldier 's salute , sir ? ’ |
| 56 | you mean like a slip road ? |
| 57 | ‘ You mean in a de facto relationship ? ’ |
| 58 | ‘ You mean in a car or something ? ’ |
| 59 | In other words , it depends on what you mean by a problem . |
| 60 | I 'm still not sure what you mean by a curse object . |