Example sentences of "[pron] simply meant that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I simply meant that we should not have fish so unfailingly , on a regular day of the week , in future . ’ |
| 2 | NO , CAPTAIN , I SIMPLY MEANT THAT IF YOU DO N'T TELL ME WHAT YOU 'VE DONE I CA N'T |
| 3 | ‘ I simply meant that if Silas finds himself in love with a woman who loves him in return , he must make her his own . |
| 4 | They were hailed in their day as " bold " and one of the most uncompromising " developments of the fifties , which simply meant that they were deliberately ugly — the genre of " brutalism " . |
| 5 | ‘ Functionalism ’ was a pragmatic , evolutionary approach to co-operation which simply meant that integration should be pursued in certain selected areas ( or ‘ sectors ’ ) of the economy . |
| 6 | In many cases , perhaps , it simply meant that clergy and people were equally barbarous . |