Example sentences of "mean [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean for this market research one , we ought to finish this tonight because if she comes tomorrow |
| 2 | And yo and your er see what I mean about this area up here , I mean it 's not a bad thingy . |
| 3 | That 's what I mean about this bloody thing , that it does n't it straighten it . |
| 4 | I see what you mean about this |
| 5 | I mean that 's what I mean about this hundred days , we 've been at war , and I think the job of the press , I mean is not |
| 6 | When you 're working and you 're busy and you 've got to do it I mean like this last week because of playing golf mainly , and putting weedkiller down , the grass is this high and |
| 7 | Well , not really but they have been disillusioned over the years they 've promised so much and then they 've never seemed seemed to get anywhere but I think , I honestly think they would , people would get behind them , if they could see they were going somewhere I mean like this season they seem to have fallen away yet again . |
| 8 | So she goes , I want it first thing tomorrow morning , and I mean like this is talking like , we 're talking major here ! |
| 9 | I mean like this . |
| 10 | I mean with this exhibition that we 've booked ‘ Just the Job ’ , which is black women erm and the kind of jobs that they 've got , a large percentage are carers and erm and it is the thing that erm women feel that they can do and it erm in a way that it comes out of their role in the home , the caring role , and erm and it 's a role that they get sort of erm trapped into and it does n't pay very much money , as Brenda was saying earlier . |
| 11 | Erm or the the Y against I mean in this one if you You could plot that against X which is the normal way . |
| 12 | But what precisely do ‘ very different ’ and ‘ ability to explain behaviour ’ mean in this context ? |
| 13 | What does fairness mean in this case ? |
| 14 | No no no I mean since this . |
| 15 | I never meant for this to happen ! |
| 16 | Do you mean like this Richard ? |
| 17 | Lord Greene M.R. stressed that the court should not substitute its view for that of the corporation , and then proceeded to examine what the term unreasonableness meant in this context . |
| 18 | Oh there yes , no I meant in this country |
| 19 | What does it mean in this instance ? |
| 20 | This is to suggest as strongly as possible that the first words written down about anything important are almost never ‘ right ’ — whatever that might mean in this context . |
| 21 | Example continued What does the circle mean in this play ? |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't mean on this trip . |
| 23 | By imperial unification they meant at this time a federal union of Britain and the white dominions , a scheme differing little in its essentials from other schemes of imperial union which had occupied the minds of the British political classes from time to time during the latter part of the nineteenth century . |
| 24 | He meant by this that people are more likely to be convinced of the reality of the faith if our expression of it is coherent , sensible and entire . |
| 25 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 26 | Franca , now gathered into Marcus 's attempt , was saying in her mind , Oh let it be all right , let it be all right , not sure what she meant by this , whether that Marcus should revive Patrick , or whether simply that Marcus should ‘ get away ’ without some positive disgrace , some catastrophe or shameful happening . |
| 27 | I asked what he meant by this . |
| 28 | He then proceeded to elaborate what he meant by this consumption , for example , that cotton is turned into fabric , so new cotton must be grown ; fabric is worn out , so that new fabric must be woven , etc . |
| 29 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 30 | Meredith knew Aunt Lou meant by this thick sweet sherry . |