Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] you mean [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Who do you mean by ‘ a lot of people ’ ? |
| 2 | ‘ Ah , ’ Harriet drinks delicately , the moon blanches her hair even paler , even whiter , ‘ what d' you mean by that ? ’ |
| 3 | what d' you mean by that ? |
| 4 | What do you mean despite them ? |
| 5 | What do you mean for the er place ? |
| 6 | What do you mean at Liverpool ? |
| 7 | What do you mean on Marvin ? |
| 8 | What do you mean after dark ? |
| 9 | What do you mean in what s when you say , You do n't know who you 're talking to , yeah have you s what what what sense do you mean that ? |
| 10 | ‘ What do you mean by that ? ’ |
| 11 | What do you mean by us being set in our ways ? ’ he asked , the tone of his voice changing when he put the question . |
| 12 | ‘ What do you mean by a ‘ funny little store place ’ exactly ! |
| 13 | What do you mean by anarchist ? |
| 14 | ‘ Well ! ’ says someone , ‘ I know what you mean by talking to God but what do you mean by listening to him ? |
| 15 | ‘ What do you mean by that exactly ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What do you mean by that ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ What do you mean by where ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ What do you mean by it ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What do you mean by that ? ’ asked Tom . |
| 20 | He was the sort of man who , when caught riding up in a lift in Rio 's rather staid and old-fashioned Copacabana Palace Hotel with a lady whose skin was some forty shades darker than Alexander 's own pink and cream , told a desk clerk who remonstrated that ‘ ladies ’ were not allowed in guest bedrooms , ‘ What do you mean by ‘ ladies ’ ? |
| 21 | ‘ What do you mean by parking like this ? ’ she began . |
| 22 | ‘ What do you mean by ‘ not long ’ ? |
| 23 | Question 1 : What do you mean by aims or goals ? |
| 24 | Question 3 : What do you mean by unsupportable or subjective statements ? |
| 25 | ‘ What do you mean by that ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ What do you mean by any number ? ’ |
| 27 | 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' . |
| 28 | 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' . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . ’ |
| 30 | If the finger had not been pointed , all the class would have known who was being called to face the fearsome sister , and when Millie stood by the side of the nun 's desk , the sheet of paper was immediately thrust into her face with the demand , ‘ What do you mean by that ? |