Example sentences of "[verb] n't mean the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , I did n't mean the Flaxton dance with Jack Butler . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't mean the man any harm — he was just an idiot . |
| 3 | ‘ That did n't mean the prince was n't pleased to get Anna . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't mean the things I said about you and Gran in the diary . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't mean the things I said that day , my lovely witch . |
| 6 | ‘ He should have known I did n't mean the things I said , ’ Bertha had persisted stubbornly . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't mean the apartment , ’ he drawled as the twins came dancing happily across the office towards them . |
| 8 | But the Transport Minister , who today tried his hand as driving the new train , said that did n't mean the route was under threat of closure . |
| 9 | Middlesbrough-based personnel manager Dale Haddon said the mix-up did n't mean the end of Bridget 's chances of landing a Post Office job . |
| 10 | No , dearie , when I say , the basis for a new poetry , I do n't mean the vers libre movement as it was in the year 1912 . ) |
| 11 | Those bastards , I do n't mean the squareheaded bastards across the fields , I mean the bastards who are sending all this shit over our heads all the time . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You do n't mean the swimming Nicholson ? ’ |
| 13 | And I do n't mean the Grand Army . ’ |
| 14 | We lean towards the view that : ‘ Race is only used when it 's to somebody 's advantage , and I do n't mean the working-man 's advantage … |
| 15 | All I want is some action , and I do n't mean the action of my facial muscles working overtime in order to produce streams of bullshit . |
| 16 | I do n't mean the waiting — for orders . |
| 17 | By this I do n't mean the need for physical help and practical advice so much as the longing for emotional reconciliation , a bonding with her . ’ |
| 18 | I do n't mean the sort of official crime I deal with as a solicitor . |
| 19 | It 's for this reason I 've gone against my initial instinct not to blow our own trumpet on this at the risk of provoking more ‘ bad loser ’ comments from certain people ( and let me stress I do n't mean the runners-up ) communicated to me . |
| 20 | ‘ To tell him that his son Morris is the office pusher , and I do n't mean the tea-trolley . ’ |
| 21 | And did you have to repair things , well you probably did , er farm instruments , I do n't mean the big implements but things like their scythes and what |
| 22 | Oh no , I do n't I do n't mean the eggs , the inside , cos , but on the outside , the inside tastes lovely . |
| 23 | Oh no , no I do n't , no I do n't mean no I do n't mean I do n't mean the business going here , I mean the things that I pay . |
| 24 | no I do n't mean the iced one that you buy |
| 25 | I do n't mean the toilet ! |
| 26 | That does n't mean the manager should n't take a considerable share of the act 's income at the beginning . |
| 27 | In spite of this galaxy of stars and performing dugs and the like , the Theatre with a capital ‘ T ’ was up against it , which does n't mean the wall of the Theatre next door . |
| 28 | Being responsive to parents does n't mean the development of a situation where ‘ parent always knows best ’ about the education of the children and the way that the school should be run . |
| 29 | It does n't mean The Wedding Present are boring people who go straight to bed after a show . |
| 30 | But Miriam is right — that does n't mean the riders will love it too . |