Example sentences of "[pers pn] mean [pers pn] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't .
2 But I mean we 've been going over and over that proposal .
3 Mm , I mean we 've been going out in the daytime , when the weather 's
4 It , I mean it has been going up rather high , this has been
5 Yeah , I mean it 's been going on for ages
6 I 've been I mean I 've been trying to give our a bit of a hand whenever i can , in
7 Yes but to me it 's old stuff Brenda I mean I 've been hearing this kind of conversation in number between chaps coming in to mend things
8 No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago
9 I mean I 've been doing outside jobs to get , you know , I mean , like doing festivals
10 I mean I 've been doing that for ever since we 've been on .
11 I mean I 've been doing it for such a long time now it 's important to me to go on doing it , but then that might be rather like it 's important for you to go on doing physics , is n't it ?
12 so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that .
13 I think , I think the other thing is as well though is that when you , I mean you 've been sitting pensions cos I mean I had the P H I which I thought it was easier to actually describe erm but erm it 's easy for us to actually sit back and , and go back on everything that everyth er everybody else did wrong is n't it , so
14 whatever it is , deflate , and er guy come round , no problems , no problems with it , well I mean the head gasket 's gone and there 's a hole near the wing and bald tyre on it but mechanically it 's , this guy comes round to look at it , I mean he 's been driving it from Plymouth , he 's in the navy , up and down here , bloke comes round , yeah no problem , come on round mate , come and have a look at it , look round it , says yeah I like this can I just take it for a drive ?
15 Aye , he , I mean he 's been doing quite well , cos that 's George usually smoked you know ?
16 I mean she 's been living off what seventy three odd quid has she ?
17 So I mean she 's been waiting on that erm place down Junction Road but they , you know , we 've had nothing from .
18 You mean you 've been talking about — what was she called ? — Inez — the mother of Matthew 's children ? ’
19 You mean you 've been investigating them ? ’
20 You mean I 've been doing them wrong all the way ?
21 She 's very lovely and I 'm sure she kisses like a veteran , but if you mean he 's been sleeping with her , no !
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