Example sentences of "mean [pers pn] [be] the " in BNC.

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1 I mean I was the on I was the only black guy in the regiment erm for a very long time and erm you know it did n't it does n't matter what colour you are erm apart from my case , there was if you was erm if you were slow on your runs or you was n't good at at cleaning your kit you would get bullied .
2 I shall work in , because I mean I 'm the one who 's been pushing to get them on this .
3 I mean she 's the link person in that family .
4 I mean she was the one that would push ye .
5 Let's face it she erm I mean she was the one who bloody married him !
6 I mean we 're the mugs are n't we really ?
7 I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on .
8 You mean we were the eldest for five years there
9 Er I mean they 're the kinds of things I 'm interested in knowing .
10 I mean they 're the same , the same
11 I mean they 're the ones who are badgering me for , for qualifications , they 're badgering me for , I , I , I just told them straight that I will do it for them because I , I wo n't get paid for it
12 The disciplines of sociology and philosophy are threatened by Mannheim 's proposals since , in his account , they are the formal and scientific disciplines whose topics mean they are the most likely to be affected by non-theoretical factors .
13 Oh yes , er yes they were , they were er of course there was a great divide there I mean between the Liberals I mean they were the only two parties in those days .
14 Yeah I mean it is the Sheffield one
15 well I mean it is the most er reliable high resort
16 When I say it 's the sort of answer you want I mean it 's the sort that might help you !
17 I mean it 's the same kind of adrenalin .
18 All I do know is that we 're very conscious a great deal of money 's been spent by the Council and by the Trust to try and make the place outside more inviting those tubs been put there er they been planted etc there 's a lot of litter there we 've put litter bins there there 's taxi rank there there 's lot 's of things been put there I think the problem is it is n't the people who do that I mean it 's the people who actually do the litter and it 's quite clear that we do go out we do tidy up but it happens and it 's a case of balance of what we can do and what you ca n't do but we do work at it I can assure you .
19 I mean it 's the obviously it 's the
20 You do n't really I mean I think I do n't know maybe working for a char firm of chartered surveyors you have I mean it 's the same system is n't working as a dogsbody and then maybe
21 ‘ I mean it 's the other way round and he is insanely in love with me , and April is mad with him because he is , and she is madder with me because I 'm not , since that is so insulting to them both . ’
22 And there 's I mean it 's the same for us , as well so er
23 Short answer , I mean it 's the the it 's it repeats referring to a document which Gordon had produced , whi whi which has already been er amended , erm , which bit are you actually looking at ?
24 But I mean it 's the idea , the idea is coming , is not coming from themselves , it 's coming from the Party that , that er that you can create a system without landlords .
25 I mean it 's the world
26 Er of course it 's , it 's , it 's I think it 's more longwinded than er I mean it 's the first time you 've fully got into it , and it 's more longwinded than the fifteen minutes allows you erm but I , I thought you were doing quite well to be honest .
27 I mean it 's the same kind of thing is n't it ?
28 I mean it 's the last fortnight she 's meant to be studying and she 's been out with her boyfriends and
29 Mm , well it always , I mean it 's the sort of thing keep .
30 Well I mean it 's the first position ever of such sort .
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