Example sentences of "[adv] mean was that " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he really meant was that it was not in his interest or that of the intelligence services involved . |
| 2 | What she really meant was that the child 's affections were being alienated ; this was not wholly a fair charge . |
| 3 | She has such a good head on her shoulders , ’ they had said , when what they really meant was that whilst Paula was a beauty , she was really very plain but they had to find something good to say about her . |
| 4 | Perhaps what he really meant was that they could n't afford not to go to Nunes . |
| 5 | What it really meant was that when draft EEC legislation was being drawn up last year , for the permitted use of intense sweeteners , including saccharin , nobody remembered to include crisps and snacks . |
| 6 | That was how she described it to herself , although what it really meant was that he took her to bed whenever he felt like it and occasionally gave her an absent-minded smile backstage . |
| 7 | Thus in [ 30 ] the speaker might be taken to suggest that he did not mean that his childhood days had just gone : what he really meant was that they had vanished . |