Example sentences of "mean [pron] be just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I mean I was just finding myself expressing the views that er given the dramatic change in the composition of the County Council since the election , I would have thought something as major as the East Grinstead by-pass would need to be considered by the new council anyway and er I think it would be perhaps er assuming too much er to believe that the present council would follow the line of the previous council that 's only er a personal expression . |
| 2 | I mean I was just doing my job . |
| 3 | Well i I 'm happy , I mean I was just going to make that point , sir , but I do have other points , but I 'll wait . |
| 4 | Well it 's , it 's not that I mean I 'm just trying to see |
| 5 | I mean I 'm just having a general chat with you |
| 6 | But I mean I 'm just speculating here at the moment . |
| 7 | Oh you mean you 're just looking at various people |
| 8 | Yes I know , but I mean you 're just speaking of yourself but I mean |
| 9 | ‘ You mean you 're just babysitting two rich junkies ? ’ |
| 10 | I mean we 're just giving a little bit of temporary relief in a situation which just seems to be getting worse and worse . |
| 11 | you know they take them for a little visit so they get used to the school before they go , which is a good idea , I mean we were just thrown in |
| 12 | erm supporting it , I mean they are just putting their name down so that they can stay out of trouble . |
| 13 | I do n't mean they were just knocked about a bit … they were smashed , stitches and a fractured jaw for one , severe abdominal bruising for the other . |
| 14 | I mean it 's just getting worse and worse and worse . |
| 15 | I am not here to discuss that now , but I mean it 's just to make sure that you know that things are n't planned for five years or ten years , but possibly for a lot longer than that . |
| 16 | It adds weight , I mean it 's just to make the letters bigger . |
| 17 | so , if , if , if they 're all four of them coming er and she says about going in for a meal I shall say oh well if you feel like it go and do that then and come for your tea I mean it 's just putting them round table is n't it ? |
| 18 | I mean it was just lifted from the scripture and and put into a prayer or whatever . |
| 19 | I mean he was just saying this and he was coming out with , you know , stupid words and it was really funny in the lesson , it was brilliant . |