Example sentences of "[pers pn] mean [conj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean But by all means |
| 2 | Is he referring to the deportations , or does he mean that by making life so miserable in the refugee camps people will leave voluntarily ? |
| 3 | All this is important because it meant that by the end of the 1930s British town planning was in a stronger position than would have been thought likely , to respond to the national emergency of physical destruction , which led to an unprecedented period of planned rebuilding . |
| 4 | So it meant that by the end of the war , the railway stock , the carriages , locomotives and all that was on their last stages . |
| 5 | By this he means that by our very existence , by the very fact that we live on earth , we are involved in the destruction of life . |