Example sentences of "[pron] mean [pron] would " in BNC.

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1 If you think that individual people have a big role in history , like and Woodrow Wilson , I doubt if he did , I mean everybody would admit that these were important figures obviously , but the question is , how important were they , compared with social , political and economic factors , possibly beyond their control ?
2 Well they 're some of the best in the land , greyhound punters , I mean they 'll come they like their greyhound racing , real erm diehard people and erm they 'll come in any weather , I mean , the other Thursday when we really had a load of snow down , I mean no-one would come , you would n't even get off your couch for that , but erm we still had three hundred people attend which was erm even though as I say , we lost money on the erm meeting .
3 Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it .
4 I think if , if they adopted a policy of erm of struggle last time , I mean they would get to land reform indirectly but I do n't think you can erm initiate it from the Party as such like because that causes all sorts of problems through definitions and things like that but
5 Well no I just wondered if you 've had your own telly and you 've just got it private you know , I mean they would n't have no records
6 I mean they ai n't sort of I mean what they could force you to do if they really , I mean they would never do that but what they could force you to do or Les to do would be to check with all those people who I 've actually sort of made payments to , to make sure that I have .
7 I mean they would n't want to listen to the music I do n't think
8 Ya , I mean they would n't mix with the likes of us !
9 I mean they would n't willy nilly , would they .
10 erm now what then is the position what is the nature of the criticism or the claims being made by the group of palaeontologists whom I 'm going to refer to , for reasons that will become apparent , as the punctuations — because I mean they would call themselves punctuations .
11 Well we cou , we could write to both if necessary I mean they 'd want them to know that we , that our prisoner 's been released and that we can have another one .
12 Mother would n't have anything to do with it whatsoever , do n't you bring anything , any of that stuff into our house , I mean of course it be this New Zealand lamb had just arrived on the scene before the First Word War , I mean nobody was , anybody dare have it I mean they 'd be standing on the pavement at eleven o'clock at night almost giving it away on Saturday night , but anyway that 's all changed now , we all eat it .
13 I mean they 'd , they 'd , they 'd be doing probably anything up to forty mile a day were n't they ?
14 I mean they 'd cut down on defence
15 The problem is solving all the problems , providing all the facilities in , in the situation where it 's diminishing resources , I mean we would n't be actually be carrying out this review , in the way that were gon na do it , if we did n't have the problem with the money we 've got , you know .
16 I mean we would need fifty people
17 It was rough but you know it , it w it was petty things that we was in trouble for , not , nothing sin I mean we would never think of mugging anybody or vandalizing things for the sake of vandalizing .
18 No , I mean we would , no
19 No I mean we would n't ask him if he 's not well .
20 I mean we would n't of known , I never saw that erm , you know diamond thing with , four , I mean even then I when we bought them I was thinking four sixty fives , that 'll be two sixty and erm three sixty , so you save a bit really do n't you ?
21 It did hold us up I mean we would have been down there a lot quicker if we had n't had
22 I mean we would n't want to keep traipsing through her house every time
23 I mean we 'd never have been able to afford all this .
24 Yeah but I mean we 'd have a a flat without any any mortgage .
25 I mean we 'd invite Helen and some friends like , I do n't know .
26 tongued and grooved or , or something pine for the kitchen wall , do it , pay it , forget it right , so , I mean I do n't know what wood I mean we 'd have , we 'd have to see it , but I said to him look I said something 's got ta be done , so I said to him shall we get Gary or somebody similar to do some Artexing in here and he said well with the coal fire and all that he said it 'll , it 'll get dirty
27 I mean what would your system
28 I mean what would have happened to us kids if if she 'd have been like him ?
29 tourism in West Sussex I mean what would happen to that is just one example er on a broader level , the County Council is working with the European regions to promote West Sussex in Europe and what would happen to that , the only conclusion we could draw is that these policies would crumble and to er seriously affect West Sussex and finally I come back to the point that , that I will keep making , if I ever get the opportunity , namely the cost of this exercise .
30 right I mean what would you for instance think if it 's possible , if I can prove that right
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