Example sentences of "but [pron] mean [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But I meant content rather than presentation . |
2 | But I mean Terry |
3 | Well not all but I mean Laura , Sarah , Rachel erm you and |
4 | But I mean Alan has to go up to London ! |
5 | No but I mean conversation , it 's conversation with my friends and conversation with my parents |
6 | Er I well I agree but I mean parents seem to be quite keen for their er their children to out and do it . |
7 | but I mean they were n't you know and I mean someone we did n't even know at all , so er you know all erm but I mean Lionel sat with the guy that organized it and the bus driver so he did n't feel out of it , you know , |
8 | Erm , but erm , I mean he nearly does know , but I mean Albert is |
9 | But I mean Ruth 's quite all right . |
10 | And I mean it is your sort of second home , and the guys that you work with every every week , I mean sort of become , I mean it 's a bit of a cliche to say , but I mean part of a family that you living out there that you live with out there and it is a real I mean when you think of the number that was lost , I mean there were a lot of close friends involved in it . |
11 | Well they 're , I mean at least you knew if you did n't like the school you could go into a factory but I mean O levels for doing the jobs we are , I , I think it 's , we had a good laugh about that . |
12 | But I mean stuff like memos small memos and things like that by the time I 've sat and written it out I could 've put it straight onto a word processor myself and got it typed . |
13 | I just say that I 'm sorry go on do n't want to be dejective this evening but I mean minutes will be taken notes will be taken points have been raised I think that 's a very valuable point that you 've actually have raised . |
14 | But I mean Kathy 's only done like one side apparently |
15 | No but I mean things broke . |
16 | but I mean things that nobody else remembered obviously she remembers or even if she does n't remember she heard it talked of in her childhood |
17 | Its amazing how you , you came down here , but I mean duck never managed it did he ? |
18 | yes but I mean people do n't give up what they have , that 's human nature . |
19 | But I mean people are very kind on the whole . |
20 | But I mean people lived in those days you know I mean , you know where the is do n't you ? |
21 | I mean but I mean people are still flooding into this country today . |
22 | his his delivery I found very solid , I mean I did n't find it particularly humorous but I mean people were n't laughing that much were they ? |
23 | that 's what gave them the sort of , the idea to set it up but I mean Aston is good because now we 're n now we 're not |
24 | Right then , all comments on the second , I know we 've got any other business coming up , but I mean Ken 's offered a sort of er word of praise for Tracy , anyone bursting to say something about the secretary 's report . |
25 | Yeah but I mean fish we we used to consider fish |
26 | You know where our Sammy was at school like , it did fruit as well and they do n't really eat fruit , but I mean Samuel eats fruit . |
27 | Well er it it will be for elected members of course to decide but I mean County Councillors are elected by local people to represent local people but also take decisions on behalf of the community . |
28 | Yes but I mean Michael does n't speak Geordie . |
29 | You know , I mean , you but I mean Ford Escorts are easiest thing in the world to drive |
30 | No no , amenity-wise , you 're okay , but I mean amenities does n't make up for sort of living standards you 've got , does it ? |