Example sentences of "what i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I shall from time to time use some of their material for further analysis and in order to make clear what I mean by structure . |
| 32 | This is what I mean by protection — we did not run away from the terrible topic : the use of projection allowed us to face cancer . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | What I mean by setting goals is asking yourself ‘ What sort of person do I want to be ? ’ |
| 35 | This is what I mean by saying that reforms within the system of utilisation will not change the system in any fundamental way . |
| 36 | What I mean by that is that if there are eight or ten things running across the spectrum from left to right , they 're all at specific points , and that way you can do a more sophisticated job of layering , while still retaining a certain delicacy . ’ |
| 37 | I do n't know what I mean by that . |
| 38 | Lines like 41–2 , ‘ turned the thistles of a curse/To types beneficent ’ , are quite remarkable and are an example of what I mean by ‘ experimental ’ . |
| 39 | I 'll tell you what I mean by drugs . |
| 40 | This phrase may appear rather vague so I need to spell out what I mean by it . |
| 41 | I will expand on what I mean by discourse in Chapter 10 but here it is sufficient to say that ‘ discourse ’ refers to the structured features of cultural processes when groups of signs become signifying elements in themselves . |
| 42 | What I mean by calling a sensation ‘ a sensation of white ’ is the same as my reason for calling it ‘ a sensation of white ’ . |
| 43 | What I mean by calling a sensation ‘ a sensation of white ’ is its mere resemblance to other sensations called by the same name . |
| 44 | But since the pain I have to experience to learn the concept is necessarily my pain , this explanation leads to our asking ourselves the question , ‘ What possible reason could I have to think that other people ever have what I mean by ‘ pain ’ ? ’ — a question which invites the answers , ‘ None ’ ( solipsism ) or , alternatively ‘ An argument from analogy ’ . |
| 45 | In its absence we would n't even be able to understand the question , ‘ What possible reason could I have to think that other people ever have what I mean by ‘ pain ’ ? , let alone the answers that have been given to it . |
| 46 | I have to decide what I mean by ‘ working-class ’ , and then I have to choose an ‘ indicator ’ of this concept . |
| 47 | What I mean by the ‘ graphology ’ of drawing is the study of the line , of the pure graphic quality , of the stroke , not that of the subject represented or the style . |
| 48 | The fact that I wrote the book may have suggested that I spoke a lot about private things , but that is not really what I mean by privacy in one 's life . |
| 49 | Before I come to discuss the philosophical problems that are raised by this sort of account of self and autonomy , I want to look at what I have called its implicit politics ; and what I mean by this primarily is its possible consequences for the way in which women might think about their relationships to each other , and the way in which they might think about themselves . |
| 50 | What I mean by prescient is this . |
| 51 | That 's what I mean by artificial jobs . |
| 52 | I would like to give you just one illustration to show what I mean by the disintegrating influence of a dynamic force . |
| 53 | Make no mistake about what I mean by selling : it does n't matter if you are trying to get people to buy tins of beans , contribute money to starving millions , or vote for a certain politician , you are selling the product , social cause , or person . |
| 54 | And you 'll come to understand exactly what I mean by that it 's all about three dimensional space . |
| 55 | In particular , it is necessary to pay close attention to the relationship of civil society ( within which I will include much of what I mean by a specific urban culture ) and state forms and processes , in a context of ‘ disorganized capitalism ’ . |
| 56 | And what I mean by that is for example er a pan like that we can buy for a quid which happens to be a . |
| 57 | What I mean by that is er try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out the shop . |
| 58 | So what I mean by controlled access is nobody comes on i within to this flat complex , without er the se the security team knowing . |
| 59 | Erm and that 's what I mean by access . |
| 60 | That 's what I mean by things being different for you than for me . ’ |