Example sentences of "meant [conj] [pron] said [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt exhausted : as I dragged myself up the stairs I can remember thinking that now I knew what people meant when they said they were ‘ tired to death ’ . |
| 2 | Bissell 's eyes never left Rohmer as he spoke , and Rohmer knew what the thing meant when it said it would n't talk to Gilbert anymore . |
| 3 | She , skilled in the ways of therapy , had after the first few sessions begun dissecting his own motives for him and Kevin , like an obedient dog , ended up nodding slowly as she told him clearly , fully , frankly what he meant when he said what he thought about what she or Henry felt , and how what he thought he thought about what they felt , or said they felt , probably was n't what he really felt any more than what they said they felt was really deep down what they really felt . |
| 4 | He returned on 16 September , telling Tom Jones that he now knew what Roosevelt meant when he said he felt like a ‘ bull moose ’ . |
| 5 | Soon I discovered what Mr Rochester meant when he said he had done wrong . |
| 6 | It 's what my friend working in prostitution meant when she said she lost her self-respect when her husband was attracted to her colleague whom she saw as inferior to herself . |
| 7 | Mr Smith asked : ‘ Can you explain what you meant when you said you were in a minority in Lady Thatcher 's administration ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What I meant when I said you were an asset , Matt , is that you provide the sexual fillip which Cadogan 's would otherwise lack . ’ |