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 ! |