Example sentences of "mean [to-vb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | What I mean to say is … |
| 3 | Wh what I mean to say is I could n't in advance guess which field it was that you were going to want at any particular moment . |
| 4 | What you mean to say is — everyone 's scared of cancer and/or the bomb , so they put their heads in the sand and take up jogging and unrefined bran … |
| 5 | Oh yes I know what I mean to say is |