Example sentences of "[verb] n't [adv] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't exactly mean that … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Practicable ’ , however , did n't just mean that it could be done . |
| 3 | She did n't just mean like a misplaced person , floating loose in society . |
| 4 | He added quickly : ‘ I did n't really mean it . ’ |
| 5 | He did n't really mean it , but his request sounded more gracious put that way . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't really mean any harm . |
| 7 | He did n't really mean it . |
| 8 | Four days later , after the front-page splash headlines , intense team meetings and streams of trans-Tasman phone calls from ACB headquarters , Border said he did n't really mean to give the impression he would ditch the team . |
| 9 | I kept on thinking , he did n't really mean me to come round . |
| 10 | I 'm positive I did n't really mean yes I was really meaning we might get some answers that are n't |
| 11 | Both their voices were low ; they did n't really mean to include him in the conversation , and it was noisy in the room ; people laughed and shouted , the music next door had been turned up . |
| 12 | It did n't really mean a lot . |
| 13 | He did n't really mean it — it was just a ploy to be rid of Doreen . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He did n't really mean it , ’ she now recalls . |
| 15 | She told herself that he did n't really mean it , that he was just angry about the way everyone was praising Therese , and about the applause and cheers that she got . |
| 16 | Yet , as she watched him , perched as lithe as a cat on the prow , leaning back out over the waves to balance the little craft , his splendid chest scattered with little beads of water , Ronni was aware that she did n't really mean it . |
| 17 | And if that word , if that tiny little word did n't really mean anything , why did it hurt so much that he had n't used it ? |
| 18 | She swallowed the hurt and told herself he did n't really mean it . |
| 19 | I did n't really mean it . |
| 20 | It 's alright , but mother did n't really mean it ! |
| 21 | I did n't always mean … ’ |
| 22 | Old Mother Walsh did n't always mean what she said to be taken literally . |
| 23 | I 'm sure he did n't quite mean it like that . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're a flatterer , ’ she teased , a little rueful that he did n't entirely mean what he said . |
| 25 | This did n't necessarily mean hostility to religion as such . |
| 26 | But this did n't necessarily mean , from my point of view , that we had to go around with Oliver . |
| 27 | I would talk about the call to the WTN office in Beirut saying that John was OK , and tell them that Sontag 's sighting of Brian showed that silence from the kidnappers did n't necessarily mean that a hostage was dead . |
| 28 | But it did n't necessarily mean that they would stay together all the time the they may they may even fall out with one another . |
| 29 | So it did n't necessarily mean that you get a squad of riveters that would stayed together all the time , erm for various reasons , as I say they may have been , unfortunately some of them might even die and therefore you had to make up the squad again |
| 30 | She gave herself a mental shake ; Marianne was simply like many other egocentric actresses she 'd met — interested more in herself than in anything else — but that did n't necessarily mean she was trying to shut Shannon out . |