Example sentences of "i mean [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean that jacket does n't look right does it ? |
2 | no , very annoying that , I mean that bloke going backwards and forwards is bad enough but |
3 | I mean I remember Mike I mean that house had |
4 | Yes er I mean that sort tell me what they want . |
5 | Well I mean all men go in for these model things . |
6 | There are some places were you , I mean all democracy means is that you , you have a vote |
7 | Erm I mean one way to do it of course is to say that none of our water 's fit for drinking , and you all get bottled water then would n't you . |
8 | I mean other girls have passed . |
9 | I mean many people wrote disparagingly about your attempt , your nerve in taking on a gem of the New York stage and turning it into a British directed movie . |
10 | I mean two teachers come back and one of them says , Well I 've counted all those who are going to Whitby . |
11 | No , no way , we used to , we used to , I mean ancient man did |
12 | will go straight out the window and they wo n't bother with us , a very short time it 's taken five I mean six years to build up the credibility |
13 | As I 've , I mean divisional guidelines forthrising costing I 've added to the related documents and I 'll produce those because they 're a divisional thing . |
14 | I mean marginal land tends to be brought into use , the less productive land , precisely when there is a pre the pressure |
15 | erm I agree , and I actually think these figures are relatively crude , but I mean , there is , clearly there are correlations between low income , which most I mean unemployed people have of course got , and ill health . |
16 | I mean Special Branch has asked us to come in . |
17 | Well , yes , I mean Green politics do go to every area of life , obviously er we ca n't devolve the er environment from the rest of our activities . |
18 | The best , and you have , I mean this branch has divisions , and all the rest of it , first division , premier division and all the rest of it . |
19 | I mean this generation needs hope . |
20 | whites studying blacks , you know , all those other kinds of imbalances in , in psychology in the social sciences erm which might be interesting erm cos like Guy sometimes says about erm when he was er talking to some er deaf people , well perhaps not talking 's the right word but communicating with some deaf people about their , about their problems , I mean this bloke said you psychologists are all the same you just think that deaf people need cochlea implement |
21 | I mean this scheme does n't look to me like available but I 'd just like to say reading the objections I am amazed by the large number of and er to stop the running , the rat running , you 've anyway erm speed cameras are not gon na be much help . |
22 | N no , well see what happened to me , I mean this person came and she said er , Er if you like I 'll do it for you . |
23 | but then you can , you can specialize you see , I mean some nurses go into the theatre all the time once they 've qualified |
24 | I would n't have gone rush I mean some mothers have gone rushing up the school and complained . |
25 | Er Now a lot of things in Lakehoff 's paper perhaps people have disagreed with since then such as the things about tag questions and hedges erm I mean some studies have said that if you look at the actual modality of tag questions , like we said before , the actual function of it |
26 | I mean some schools have not gone off site at all you know they 've actually stayed inside |
27 | never , I mean some people go around just like twins do n't they ? |
28 | as far as part time work goes and supply work , because erm that work is sort of quite spasmodic I suppose it can be I mean some people do a regular amount some do bits here and there . |
29 | but erm you know I mean some people do actually get total , totally pissed off with the university and the course and everything and , and decide to chuck it in , you know , er in which case |
30 | Yeah that 's right , I mean some people do n't |