Example sentences of "do [pron] mean you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you mean you wo n't be here then ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What do you mean you wo n't need him ? ’ |
| 3 | In ordinary spoken discourse the endless cycle of encoding-decoding-encoding may be terminated by an action , as when for instance I say , ‘ The door is open ’ and you say , ‘ Do you mean you would like me to shut it ? ’ and I say , ‘ If you do n't mind ’ , and you shut the door , we may be satisfied that at a certain level my meaning has been understood . |
| 4 | ‘ And do you mean you would n't be glad if Finn came back ? ’ asked Betty , economically retaining her expression . |
| 5 | What do you mean you 'll never beat me ? |
| 6 | Why do you mean you could n't stop laughing ? |