Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] mean [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I mean David was saying you can do this you can do that you can do the other you can do this . |
| 2 | Then it was the Eighties and everyone meant business . |
| 3 | I mean that 's what teams are doing now , they 're realizing that 's where all our weakness is in midfield so do n't take a er a hefty boot and try and er er people like Thorn and I mean Thorn and Young were impeccably they played beautifully today . |
| 4 | I mean it 's interesting I mean I , I made all those comments earlier about and I mean Peter he might disagree with them , but what I think is how we view the Royals as we were all growing up . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry to say but I think that we 're talking about this education day at the beginning of October and I mean god knows we 've known this is coming for , it 's almost as if we 've got to the brink of , you know like lemmings just about to throw ourselves off the cliff and we do n't know why we 're going to do it . |
| 6 | Now there 's another case here we 've heard of er of racism , and I mean racism is the pretext very often for for bullying and bruta brutality and intimidation . |
| 7 | For a start , right , erm all her clothes then right and I mean loads of them are ones they 're really horrible like but she just hangs them here , I thought well you ca n't wear them , you know , all horrible , you do n't wear them fold them , put them away |
| 8 | Well it I mean already , it is having quite an im impact erm especially for items like furniture and bedding , and I mean bedding does n't last for ever , especially with a family , and I know erm they 're allowed every so often , but erm I mean I think erm the the cutbacks are becoming more and more and more and and people seem to be which means that we have to look around for voluntary erm agencies that ca such as , who can provide us with furniture or beds and bedding . |
| 9 | And I mean look at my private culture . |
| 10 | And I mean part of the point of doing the training of course is to get the hang of how to handle that . |
| 11 | Yeah but that money is , you 've saved and I mean nan put that in when you were younger too , a lot of it . |
| 12 | Er and I mean Paul was n't trying to dodge anything . |
| 13 | I 've seen my daughter work continually over the past two years — and I mean work — to achieve her grades . |
| 14 | and I mean things like disrepair , erm inadequate heating , erm noise from other tenants , erm |
| 15 | Well , well I think I would , I would rath it I mean i it they 've got the responsibility to whistle blow now , you know , professional they 've got , er you know , they 're they these are professionals and they should , they should whistle blow and I mean Maxwell is a perfect example of how nobody , nobody blew the whistle and if you read through the writs , those lots of these people knew what were what was happening an and the whistle should have been blown and I see no reason why the why the pension regulator is going to get any different , different response and also I mean really these people are being in many cases given by th given information by their clients , you know , and I think it 's a very difficult situation to turn round to , to somebody like Mr Maxwell and say well look I 'm terribly sorry Mr Maxwell , we 're going to report you to the pensions regulator , you know and I think that , that er you will just find that that I just do n't feel that the pension regulator in , in that respect , I mean I , I think that I might like to if Peter suggested a pension fraud squad that , that had a open telephone line and the same sort of er powers as the Serious Fraud Office you know , so that if er anybody in a pension fund could , could ring a number and er and people absolutely descended th that , I mean they ge they say somewhere in the report that the pension regulator is going to have er powers and monies to do spot checks . |
| 16 | And I mean Dee said to me this morning cos she heard us one morning |
| 17 | And I mean Unix in those d in the early days was P D P Eleven based . |
| 18 | looms which are very heavy , very heavy , and through fashion , fashion changing and I mean people do n't have these things any more . |
| 19 | SPORT FOR ALL AND WE MEAN IT |
| 20 | Doing it for real : forget well-toned bodies and cute faces , America 's home porn addicts are getting off on sex between Mr and Mrs Average ( and we mean average ) |
| 21 | The transport department said the clauses were introduced to prevent asset stripping and they meant tax payers reaped some benefit from sales . |
| 22 | I mean most women just want to be good at something , they 've got good-at minds , and they mean deftness and a flair and good taste and what-not . |
| 23 | They 're mean … they 're tough and they mean business … the Oxford Saints are on the march . |
| 24 | Kevin 's brother , who fancied himself as an amateur psychologist , said you did n't really forget things like that and it meant Lyn must unconsciously want not to wear it — ergo , not to be married . |
| 25 | But certain individuals clearly played crucial roles and it meant names had to be mentioned . |
| 26 | It means COHSE and NUPE members stopping the sick being admitted to hospital , and it means rail , tube and bus workers striking on the same day and bringing our capital city to a grinding halt . |
| 27 | But I meant content rather than presentation . |
| 28 | But I mean Terry |
| 29 | Well not all but I mean Laura , Sarah , Rachel erm you and |
| 30 | But I mean Alan has to go up to London ! |