Example sentences of "that [pers pn] mean what " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that I mean what he thought the girl was worth to him . |
| 2 | ‘ Fine — just so long as they understand that I mean what I say . ’ |
| 3 | I know , I know , I know I should n't be angry cos it 's not , you know , obviously you 're not gon na think every time someone says they fancy you you 're not gon na think oh God he 's lying , there 's no reason , you should n't ever think that I mean what they 're doing now is just making you into a paranoid wreck . |
| 4 | These kids have to have a structure , and to know that you mean what you say . ’ |
| 5 | Now the Labour party control the city council , may I say this , that if your feelings are against barbaric sport as much as that , why do n't you use your contr , your controlling power on the city council and then ban boxing in all the city establishments , then you will show me that you mean what you are saying and that you are not just using the present position of this council for a political measure and political gain and I 'd like to also ask what this has cost the council what this has cost could be thousands . |
| 6 | This does not mean that the old books can provide us with no concrete evidence from the past , but it does mean that old books must be read with delicacy ; with a sense that if we go blundering into them , assuming that they mean what we mean by words like sky , earth , history or nature we shall get everything wrong . |
| 7 | So that they mean what they 're saying . |
| 8 | But it does not deny that they mean what they say , does not suggest that they are talking nonsense . |