Example sentences of "what [pron] mean [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you know what I mean knew very well and nodded . |
| 2 | That 's what I mean get some exercise in your legs . |
| 3 | Well that 's what I that 's what I mean go down down Shallard 's Road here down |
| 4 | much do you want on that if you see what I mean to describe about dreams that |
| 5 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 6 | What I mean to say is … |
| 7 | Wh what I mean to say is I could n't in advance guess which field it was that you were going to want at any particular moment . |
| 8 | ‘ What I mean to say , ’ replied Robert , ‘ is that I feel I need to know where I stand . ’ |
| 9 | What I mean to say it 's not very , it could be appreciated if they about it , but we just er left to do it and then tell him afterwards the bits . |
| 10 | Oh yes I know what I mean to say is |
| 11 | Snubs you know what I mean do n't you ? |
| 12 | Yeah but you know what I mean do n't you ? |
| 13 | Well i it 's not a big thing , it 's only you know what I mean do n't you ? |
| 14 | I hardly know what I meant to do — confront him , accuse him , bring it home to him that hellfire awaited him at the reckoning if he did not confess his sin and pay the price of it now . ’ |
| 15 | And that is exactly what I meant to do . ’ |
| 16 | Yeah mm the frost is going fairly rapidly now , oh I know what I meant to do , I 'll go and do that now |
| 17 | That 's what I meant to say . |
| 18 | It was n't what I meant to say , but that 's the way it came out . |
| 19 | ‘ What I meant to say is , I do not feel any animosity to you , signorina . ’ |
| 20 | Oh I know what I meant to ask you . |
| 21 | I know what I meant to ask you . |
| 22 | what she mean beat up cars ? , yeah I think it said spicy yeah , is it nice ? |
| 23 | Taking it up , and with no very clear idea of what she meant to do — apart from escaping from the humiliations to which she had been subjected — Theda crept out of the room , down two sets of stairs , and slunk past the open door of the coffee-room , where the landlord 's voice was joined to those of his wife and the gentleman . |
| 24 | what you mean take it out of the |
| 25 | ‘ And if anger loosens your tongue I 'll also find out what you mean to do in Winchester . |
| 26 | Well , it depends what you mean to order . |
| 27 | What you mean does |
| 28 | What you mean to say is — everyone 's scared of cancer and/or the bomb , so they put their heads in the sand and take up jogging and unrefined bran … |
| 29 | What you mean going to find a room |
| 30 | We do not always say what we mean to say , and leave ourselves open to misinterpretation . |