Example sentences of "but [pron] mean the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admitted that it saddened him to realise that ‘ my youth is gone — not my love of life or my energy , but I mean the time when one feels so lighthearted and carefree . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , of course ; but I mean the Catholic religion . ’ |
| 3 | But I mean the bottom bit obviously we 've got to talk about whether we actually do want |
| 4 | Yeah , but I mean the bright ones do the the bypass sheet they have the fractions one , and they |
| 5 | Yeah but the Open University ones cover all of the material and they 're what I actually wrote the lectures from erm but there 's six of them which is why the o the only advantage of the other one is that it 's one not six and so but I mean the material is all covered text of which there are three copies of most of them in the library one on short loan and one on sort of a general loan so you |
| 6 | They might tell them the stories , the bible stories at school , but I mean the general church |
| 7 | But I mean the thing is here that the twenty thousand pounds , if it 's invested er into National Savings , you c you 've got another ten thousand and you could look for er a fixed return . |
| 8 | I mean , I , I did what I could in the fifth issue , but you just run out of cash , that 's the trouble , but I mean the sixth issue is good . |
| 9 | Cos the answers , when they come back , are going to be , things like , depends on what you get in your exams and it 's very , it 's very bad stage in your life , it 's er going to affect , but I mean the weather 's going to get nice , and it you know , it 's going to be great . |
| 10 | But I mean the , the |
| 11 | I mean we do support , do n't we , things like the talking newspaper across the area , because there 's , and we do support like erm , Mrs 's holiday for youngsters , although they are not all Ottery kids , but I mean the fact of the matter is , I think we would need each time we look at any of this , that there are Ottery youngsters involved . |
| 12 | Well why does the Farmers Union support , anyway we wo n't go into an argument about that , but I mean the M F U support the dipping and er , with due respect , it 's a personal opinion . |
| 13 | But I mean the the panel is going to have to explore this apparent conflict which I do n't think 's been properly papered over between what is in paragraph five of P P G one and section fifty four A. Er it 's a nice dilemma which we 're we 're faced the planning profession as a whole is faced with erm and and I think that either it 's section fifty four A or it 's paragraph five of P P , P P G one . |
| 14 | But I mean the Japanese I think have got like sixty five seventy percent of their national growth . |
| 15 | No but I mean the basis of it was presumably landlord out and China was based around this |
| 16 | But I mean the main the main I mean in it in certain quarters we 've been down playing that aspect of it simply to get it through . |
| 17 | But I mean the the the chi how much was the chiller ? |
| 18 | Oh I did n't know about it but I mean the |
| 19 | Yeah but I mean the times I 've seen her it 's been this end of town rather than that end of town . |
| 20 | Ooh he , he 's m mind you he , he reckons that 's what he wants to do when he 's older but I mean the life , or the career of anybody in computers is not very long is it ? |
| 21 | Well , yeah , but I mean the stories they tell about fishing so they 're different stories |
| 22 | But I mean the fact is there 's no way she 's got she gets the idea |
| 23 | I mean alright she , we have n't phoned each other but I mean the thing is half of her she 's just so naive with mother . |
| 24 | But I mean the style of it is obviously jacketed person , blousey , cos it 's collar and she 's got three buttons at the front and it 's fitted as a jacket as opposed to a tuck in a blouse . |
| 25 | It is with Barclays , but I mean the , there 's got to be a standard figure for the Barclaycard . |
| 26 | Perhaps but I mean the Crown is quite a big pub . |
| 27 | Yeah but I mean the fruit and veg out there , that was |
| 28 | I think the Labour Party 's heart is in the right place , they want to take a positive approach and do what they can to help industry , to train , to put more money into training youngsters for industry then we have a skill work force , not a cheap , not a cheap unskilled labour force , er , you know , which is what we , what 's happening now , because we 've just not been trained , they 're cutting the training , but it 's all the same , anyway you know , I , I , I do n't know , you say what can I do for ya , well er in the short run not much except to help the , the people who are on lower income and the children through the budget er which will be introduced , it 'll be that why er through er child benefits and through er high , high benefits and through er , er lower taxes for the , everybody up to er twenty odd , twenty five thousand year or something , so , erm I mean that 's in the short run and little that can be done , it 's not as much as anybody would like , you put more and more into , into er , into training , er more money into industry to help them to invest , er you know you can have a sort of regional development banks to help industry to invest these in , in each of the regions , but I mean the , these are the positive plans and not like this one who 's just letting things go . |
| 29 | but I mean some , yeah , but I mean the stuff is cheaper compared to what you pay to other shop |
| 30 | But I mean the chap was quite within his rights to shoot it cos it 's been scaring his sheep . |