Example sentences of "i mean this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Unless I mean this hedgehog could have been done if I left it could n't it ? |
2 | ‘ No , ’ Juliet continued , ‘ I mean this West End thing is something I can really tell my friends about . |
3 | Yes , yes , I mean this year , with the formula obviously , because the number of fire calls has dropped , it impacts upon er , as I say that , I do n't know whether the actual , the cost , the differential between the number of calls that have dropped and the drop in the S S A , whether it 's comparable , and I do n't suppose they 've got a measure of the drop , in S S A terms it 's far greater than the actual marginal costs of er , not attending those er , extra , extra fire calls . |
4 | But he said they 've just I mean this year the whole orchard . |
5 | When Queenie talks about the increased expenditure on recreation from nineteen eighty to now , that 's quite right , there has been a huge increase in spending , and that 's because the Labour Council was committed to improving recreation facilities in the City , and it did n't continue the appalling record that the Conservative administration had had before of virtually no recreational facilities , it invested in recreation facilities — you listed them yourself — and of course those facilities have to be paid for and on when we have stood for election we 've always made it clear that we want to provide quality services , but of course that they have to be paid for , and so the second point that you then made was that , you know , our budget 's gone up beyond belief , well I mean this year it 's being cut by two million pounds , last year it was a standstill budget , and erm that has been done at a time when in fact Central Government has been transferring responsibilities from Central Government onto Local Government without increasing , indeed at the same time decreasing the amount of Central Government grant that 's gone to local councils . |
6 | Thing is it is healthier and I mean this tablet lark now more I 'm thinking about it , right |
7 | The best , and you have , I mean this branch has divisions , and all the rest of it , first division , premier division and all the rest of it . |
8 | I mean this generation needs hope . |
9 | whites studying blacks , you know , all those other kinds of imbalances in , in psychology in the social sciences erm which might be interesting erm cos like Guy sometimes says about erm when he was er talking to some er deaf people , well perhaps not talking 's the right word but communicating with some deaf people about their , about their problems , I mean this bloke said you psychologists are all the same you just think that deaf people need cochlea implement |
10 | I mean this recession , he 's not the teflon Prime Minister . |
11 | I mean this scheme does n't look to me like available but I 'd just like to say reading the objections I am amazed by the large number of and er to stop the running , the rat running , you 've anyway erm speed cameras are not gon na be much help . |
12 | No , I mean this flue thing should of been . |
13 | I would say that if a person is locked up from that time at night , there 's circumstances , their perhaps observation for their own safety , erm any body else that can be trusted at night sanitation are not locked in , they have the facilities to go to the toilet during the night , I mean this person that 's just said must of obviously been ob observation or was locked up for a reason . |
14 | N no , well see what happened to me , I mean this person came and she said er , Er if you like I 'll do it for you . |
15 | I mean this bit I like . |
16 | we have I mean this company |
17 | Yeah , but I mean they will make progress , I mean this colony |
18 | Mm , well no , I mean this morning this one came out nice |
19 | Oh , I mean this material , which I 've discovered , when it 's published , will rock the German historical establishment , there 's no doubt about it . |
20 | I mean this coal tip is is n't going to be based on what I said a moment or two ago with it 's thirty million tons of coal covering nearly three hundred and fifty acres a bit of a monster . |
21 | Also , I mean one of the things that the Council is considering doing , I mean this interest , I know that other people from around this area come into Harlow , one of the things that the Council 's thinking about is erm , is charging , or has debated , charging different rates for people who are coming in than , than those who live here . |
22 | You see , but he did n't have a Federation of Buil , Master Builders , but whether , I mean this chap must have quite a few , he did n't say it , but |
23 | But I mean this week er this weekend er , Mr died opposite erm , they 've got a , a detached house there and erm somebody went |
24 | no because they 'll do what they , they 've always done there send their military in and they 'll they 'll say you are n't having this , you are n't doing that , I mean obviously Gorbachev 's I mean this stage , he 'd just send the tanks in by now , he plagued Yugoslavia crushed |
25 | No I mean this guff that was you know , or stuff erm , we 've got more categories than we originally started with . |
26 | Well this , this was a letter of the , granted it was eighty nine , but I mean this paragraph just said , you know , if we , does say that , you know , if we established a , a demand , and I do n't see why we should n't have a bash at . |
27 | I mean this carpet 's three years old . |
28 | So but I think with this I mean this homework , that 's the only thing I do n't believe in because they 've got ta revise it which is brilliant , I mean , at the moment but they also give them three hours homework a night ! |
29 | That 's right I mean this card is carried with them and looked at all every every basically everybody will look at that erm because the good quality |
30 | As you get older and you get more experienced of it you know you y you begin to realize that , I mean this album , I 've done this album and I haven , I 've have n't just sung on this album and made sounds , which is what I did with What Do You Want , I 've sung on this album and said something . |