Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] n't mean " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't mean to be rude , but how on earth are you going to find another job the way unemployment is now ? |
2 | ‘ I do n't mean that . |
3 | I do n't mean I 'm unemployed , God forbid . |
4 | I do n't mean learning facts like ‘ Lemur is the capital of Peru ’ or that ‘ St Tracy is the patron saint of the dormer window ’ ( we can learn things that are false : learning is not mere information pick-up ) , but acquiring concepts such as what is to count as a ‘ chair ’ , that weight is conserved through transformations of shape , that the earth is a heavenly body circling a larger heavenly body . |
5 | 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 . ) |
6 | I do n't mean that I 'm a democrat . |
7 | ‘ It 's meant to be theatrical , by which I do n't mean lasers and fireworks . |
8 | 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 . ’ |
9 | I do n't mean she did n't have a name ; that was her name : ‘ Nothing ’ . |
10 | ‘ I do n't mean just about me ; I mean you really do n't care whether you live or die . |
11 | I do n't mean all this , here , ’ she jabbed at Rachel 's typescript with an irritable finger , her face looked blotchy and plainer than ever , ‘ this bit about your blasted reconstruction . |
12 | I do n't mean here , this version necessarily , but you 're not the only person in the world who keeps up with the wider literature , you know . |
13 | ‘ I do n't mean that , ’ Herr Nordern said , ‘ and you know it . |
14 | ‘ Of course I do n't mean that you should … . ’ |
15 | I do n't mean just physically — that , too , of course . |
16 | I do n't mean to sound unkind , because it is n't . |
17 | ‘ I do n't mean to sound ungrateful , but I 'm starving , ’ Catherine said , as they reached the gate . |
18 | ‘ I do n't mean that like it sounds — she did n't do it to get on , or not like that . ’ |
19 | ‘ No , I do n't mean it like that . |
20 | I do n't mean Liberty . |
21 | I do n't mean in that way . |
22 | ‘ I do n't mean every fucking twist and turn of the story line , now do I ? |
23 | I do n't mean technically , though that can cause problems . |
24 | ‘ Look , ’ he said a touch awkwardly , ‘ I do n't mean to take my bad temper out on you . |
25 | Of course if you were my master — I do n't mean like Dr Grossman but my real , still-undiscovered master — you would have a right to ask anything of me ; but that can not be . |
26 | Sub-Officer Roger Kendall chips in : ‘ We 're always hoping something will happen — I do n't mean that to sound macabre . ’ |
27 | I do n't mean we have been devious , just more structured , choosing the issues she is fighting on . |
28 | ‘ I do n't mean to of fend , ’ he said smiling . |
29 | ‘ I do n't mean to upset anyone , ’ he said . |
30 | I do n't mean in money terms . |