Example sentences of "mean [adv] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | We say " the same man " and mean numerically the same human person ; and we say " the same colour " and mean a quality that can be possessed or exemplified by different individuals . |
| 2 | The strange thing about these different ways of arranging the same information is that they all apparently mean exactly the same thing . |
| 3 | Near synonyms are most common , with true synonyms ( which mean exactly the same thing and which are used in precisely the same context ) being more unusual . |
| 4 | If someone who said this was asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ ? ’ he might say , ‘ I mean just the same as I mean by ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Earth' . |
| 5 | I also said that if someone were asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ ? ’ he might say ‘ I mean just the same as I mean by ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Earth' . |
| 6 | Similarly , if someone were asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ Someone else is in pain ’ ? ’ he might say , ‘ I mean just the same by ‘ pain ’ when I say someone else is in pain as I mean when I say ‘ I 'm in pain ’ . ’ |
| 7 | I mean Just the same do n't walk on your own . |
| 8 | Well there 's , no I mean surely the same will apply on a Sunday ? |