Example sentences of "mean [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I mean is that you will find little use for the basic ‘ one — pause — two ’ sequences of block followed by counter-attack . |
| 2 | ‘ What I mean is you should have a reasonably clean bill of health by then , ’ Doctor Staples said . |
| 3 | ‘ All I mean is , you should be a bit more careful , ’ Nigel said primly . |
| 4 | The sort of shade I mean is the dappled shade cast by mature apple trees and maples or by the high branches of an oak . |
| 5 | What I mean is he 's gone for a chop-job . |
| 6 | That may sound strange — what I mean is , I 'm always trying to imagine what they think of me ; I do n't seem able to look from inside of myself , outwards . |
| 7 | ‘ No — what I mean is — if he 's sitting at home while you do all the work , why is n't he happy ? |
| 8 | ‘ What you mean is : there 's no chance of my being kept on after the three years are up . ’ |
| 9 | What they mean is a discharge visible at the entrance to the vagina . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ What I mean is , we ca n't just dump her , not now . ’ |
| 11 | For example , when we say ‘ genes are trying to increase their numbers in future gene pools ’ , what we really mean is ‘ those genes that behave in such a way as to increase their numbers in future gene pools tend to be the genes whose effects we see in the world ’ . |
| 12 | What I mean is … well , he 's strong , and he can be funny . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No , what I mean is we were still children when we arrived here in a sense . ’ |
| 14 | What I mean is , you always think that you 're tomorrow 's man and yesterday 's child and then suddenly you realise that today is the tomorrow you were always looking forward to , if you see what I mean , and quite soon you 'll be yesterday 's man yourself . ’ |
| 15 | You can , of course , say that a certain bait catches more bream than any other , but what you really mean is that a certain bait is used more often than any other on the waters with which you are acquainted . |
| 16 | You see … it 's no the right time … whit ah mean is — that this is my bad week . ’ |
| 17 | I mean is it like how they 've done various singles in the past , Cliff Richard and ‘ Summer Holiday ’ , you know putting a little voice on top , a little snippet . |
| 18 | Or what we could do , well , what I mean is , maybe would n't do any harm going down to the pub tonight to see if the others are there , only a quick drink mind , we ca n't be sure what they 're like yet — ’ |
| 19 | What I mean is , women are vulnerable when they are housewives because they also have sole responsibility for childcare at home . |
| 20 | All I mean is , we 've got a job to do . |
| 21 | Who would ever say : ‘ Boy suspended by Head , Top Prof. slams system ’ , when what they mean is that a pupil has been sent home by his headmaster and some well-known professor does n't think that is a good idea ? |
| 22 | Perhaps what I mean is you have a powerful feeling of love , and while you 're on drugs , you experience no hate or fear . ’ |
| 23 | What I mean is Mother and Son … . |
| 24 | Well , when we say horrifying car crash what we really mean is that one of the two cars got a puncture and the other vehicle bashed into the back of them but you never know , it could have been worse . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I suppose what I mean is that Richard is someone I would never have introduced to my parents — and he is someone I had quite a … sexual relationship with . |
| 26 | The other thing they mean is , when my partner has grown up sufficiently for me to believe there 's a fair chance of him changing nappies and giving the 2am feed . |
| 27 | When we have a hunch that somebody is telling lies , for instance , ‘ what we really mean is that their body language and their spoken words do not agree . ’ |
| 28 | Of course , what some people mean is ‘ Let's rewrite history and delete Part II of the Companies Act 1989 ’ . |
| 29 | When we talk of ‘ stress ’ what we usually mean is ‘ over-stress ’ . |
| 30 | We assert ‘ the facts are ’ , ‘ the case is ’ and ‘ the truth is ’ when what we really mean is ‘ I interpret the facts to mean ’ , ‘ my opinion is ’ or ‘ I think . ’ |