Example sentences of "what you mean is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What you mean is : there 's no chance of my being kept on after the three years are up . ’ |
| 2 | What you mean is that we might bang into things or kick a detonator on the nose or something of the kind . |
| 3 | what you mean is you wish you could find one that did n't pick his nose and his nails |
| 4 | ‘ What you mean is that my uncle will tell me what to say . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What you mean is , could we , by accident , on three occasions , have released murderers back into society ? |
| 6 | ‘ What you mean is it was n't black . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What you mean is , you hoped I 'd find out from someone else . |
| 8 | Yeah , it 's the , it 's the with the word natural is n't it that er you know people often use the word natural to mean good and right and therefore something you should do , but of course no not always I mean if I said to you death is natural , nobody here would think I was advocating suicide or that er we should n't have hospitals to try and save people 's lives I mean er when you say death is natural , what you mean is death is one of those things that we just have to put up with , we 'd rather we did n't but we 're all gon na have to face it in the end , some of us sooner than others er but erm but there we are . |
| 9 | ‘ What you mean is , you 're not so thick-skulled that you did n't get the message . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What you mean is , she will wonder what happened if we return to the palazzo at such an early hour . |
| 11 | ‘ What you mean is , one of your spies has assembled a secret dossier of facts about me , ’ she said accusingly . |
| 12 | What you mean is they had chance . |