Example sentences of "what i meant " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I meant was he 'd got just about the finest set of false teeth I 've ever seen . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's not quite what I meant , but we 'll let it pass . |
| 3 | This is n't what I meant at all ! |
| 4 | And let me explain what I meant by that silly passage in my last letter , about expensively dressed girls . |
| 5 | That 's what I meant to say . |
| 6 | According to Legge , Sibelius 's response was : ‘ Karajan is the only conductor who plays what I meant . ’ |
| 7 | As for what I meant by progressive methods , he did not believe in just filling children with data , if that 's what I meant . |
| 8 | As for what I meant by progressive methods , he did not believe in just filling children with data , if that 's what I meant . |
| 9 | ‘ What I meant was do you wish to pull in somewhere till this has eased a bit ? ’ |
| 10 | Almost too wonderful — too unselfish — as if you were — what I meant by remote — sort of sleepy , untouched , abstracted , not really present . ’ |
| 11 | This is what I meant by ‘ built-in unfairness ’ , and by ‘ asymmetry in the cost of failure ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ What I meant was , , said the oldest son , ‘ is that we are free at last . |
| 13 | That s what I meant . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's not what I meant . ’ |
| 15 | Each has the same environment as do the atoms or molecules in a crystal ( that is what I meant by saying that this sort of structure represents simple ordering ) , and each is attached to its neighbours in exactly the same way . |
| 16 | That 's what I meant it for . |
| 17 | That 's what I meant by her kindness . |
| 18 | But that was n't quite what I meant . |
| 19 | But that 's what I meant about technology having caught you up . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's not what I meant , ’ Manville said flatly . |
| 21 | What I meant was , you could n't prove it was my writing because I did n't write it . ’ |
| 22 | They seemed delighted that I 'd said it , and to know just what I meant . |
| 23 | This was not actually what I meant but it was reported as a sort of ‘ leadership whinge ’ and general complaint . |
| 24 | ‘ What I meant was — ’ she explained quietly , ‘ is that you ca n't marry me . |
| 25 | Oh no about three something like that , she was n't a baby what I meant |
| 26 | ‘ That 's what I meant . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's not exactly what I meant . ’ |
| 28 | Helen asked me to explain what I meant , and listened carefully to the long story of what I had suffered at Gateshead . |
| 29 | ‘ It was n't what I meant . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose that was what I meant , ’ said Annabel . |