Example sentences of "people mean when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm pretty sure that by this stage I was suffering from what medical people mean when they talk about ‘ clinical depression ’ . |
| 2 | Practice partner uses set sentence ( at normal speed of course ) : ‘ What do people mean when they say … ? ’ and finishes the sentence by including the key word . |
| 3 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ No smoke without fire ’ ? |
| 4 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ He wo n't set the Thames on fire ’ ? |
| 5 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Spreads like wildfire ’ ? |
| 6 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Fiery personality ’ ? |
| 7 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Put your hand in the fire ’ ? |
| 8 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Out of the frying-pan , into the fire ’ ? |
| 9 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Fire away ’ ? |
| 10 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Misfire ’ ? |
| 11 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ As weak as water ’ ? |
| 12 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ A lot of water has gone under the bridge ’ ? |
| 13 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ The excuse does n't hold water ’ ? |
| 14 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ Water it down a bit ’ ? |
| 15 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ A watering place ’ ? |
| 16 | He adds : ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ What people mean when they say homoerotic is images of gorgeous , sweating guys and we do n't do that , ’ retorts George . |
| 19 | This relative freedom from negative reaction is what I imagine most people mean when they say they are happy in their work . |
| 20 | I felt exhausted : as I dragged myself up the stairs I can remember thinking that now I knew what people meant when they said they were ‘ tired to death ’ . |