Example sentences of "what [pron] mean [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 That 's what I mean with that Jean you probably wo n't need vitamins .
2 ‘ This is the time , and I am saying what I mean with all my heart .
3 ‘ That is n't what I mean at all .
4 That 's not what I mean at all .
5 See what I mean about that skirt ?
6 And yo and your er see what I mean about this area up here , I mean it 's not a bad thingy .
7 That 's what I mean about this bloody thing , that it does n't it straighten it .
8 I mean that 's what I mean about this hundred days , we 've been at war , and I think the job of the press , I mean is not
9 What I mean by that is that if there are eight or ten things running across the spectrum from left to right , they 're all at specific points , and that way you can do a more sophisticated job of layering , while still retaining a certain delicacy . ’
10 I do n't know what I mean by that .
11 And what I mean by that is for example er a pan like that we can buy for a quid which happens to be a .
12 What I mean by that is er try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out the shop .
13 Fully-fashioned knitwear , now I think you all know what I mean by that then .
14 And let me show you what I mean by that .
15 It 's it 's on the basis that any employer has a duty of care to employees and what I mean by that is that er an employer has a responsibility to not work employers er er employees under conditions that that are known to be unsafe .
16 Now what I mean by that , is that every , you know , twenty working day month , I know from analysing my time , that I lose two days , two full days to major interruptions .
17 Do you know what I mean by that ?
18 You understand what I mean by that ?
19 What I mean by that is , when you get back to your branches , you will go onto further training programmes in branch training , developing your practice training , so each branch will vary how they sort of co-ordinate this , but let's say , we 've been in a few months now , and twice a week we 've got to go in for training .
20 What I mean by that is , when I ring up Richard , we must give an alternative close , must n't we .
21 What I mean by these categories differs quite substantially from what other well-known anthropologists mean .
22 There is , regretfully , no space in this article to spell out in greater detail just what I mean by these dynamic explanatory constructs .
23 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 .
24 Before I come to discuss the philosophical problems that are raised by this sort of account of self and autonomy , I want to look at what I have called its implicit politics ; and what I mean by this primarily is its possible consequences for the way in which women might think about their relationships to each other , and the way in which they might think about themselves .
25 What I mean by this is the prevalence of the assumption that religion does not matter because it is not true — it is an illusion .
26 Because that 's really erm a part of what I mean by this criterion .
27 I have to say that I hope Mr in fact did n't actually write the words of the motion it looks to me and those members of the education committee will know what I mean like another version of the Docklands back garden fudge .
28 This is n't what I meant at all !
29 ‘ That was n't what I meant at all . ’
30 And let me explain what I meant by that silly passage in my last letter , about expensively dressed girls .
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