Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] not mean " in BNC.
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1 | By puddings I do not mean the pretty little fripperies that are offered at the end of an elegant dinner as token appeasement of our sweet-toothed leanings . |
2 | ‘ Of course I do n't mean that you should … . ’ |
3 | Oh , not that Lady Merchiston should go quickly , of course I do n't mean that . |
4 | Of course I did n't mean that the end of the book was very like your own experience , but I was afraid it might be too close for your comfort . |
5 | ‘ When I said harness I did n't mean harness , ’ snapped Rincewind . |
6 | I asked them about the war , and they said it was okay , but you could see in their eyes they did n't mean it . |
7 | ‘ Now when I say he believed in England I do n't mean your thatched cottages and warm beer he did n't think the place was cute , not just his grandfather 's birthplace . |
8 | ‘ But gov'ner I did n't mean |
9 | By the public sector I do not mean primarily the state ; I mean a system of popular control within which producers and users ( or consumers ) would , as appropriate , share in policy- and decision-making . |
10 | In arguing that the instrumental response is quite proper in some circumstances I do not mean to imply that it always can operate . |
11 | When we say that Beaver is giving away an iceberg we do not mean a lettuce . |
12 | ‘ No , of course Ah do n't mean Ángel . |
13 | You must have control of your class , sometimes if you do n't , under , when I say he 's a weak teacher I do n't mean he 's a bad teacher . |
14 | You ca n't say that all music made by machines is robotic and unfeeling , just because you play guitars it does n't mean you 've got soul . |
15 | Ex-presidential candidate Ross Perot told The Wall Street Journal he did n't mean he would take John Akers ' job when he told TV host Larry King that ‘ If there 's something I could do for IBM , well , I owe them that forever . ’ |
16 | By " saying " things I do not mean simply that men talk about what they do , but that all their social behaviour is " coded " so that it makes statements about what the social situation is and where the actor is positioned in that social situation . |
17 | For when I speak of the community being faithful to its own principles I do not mean its conventional or popular morality , the beliefs and convictions of most citizens . |
18 | Do n't joke about serious issues or say things you do n't mean or it could be held against you later . |
19 | Thought you meant things you did n't mean . ’ |
20 | She probably says things she does n't mean … |
21 | Sometimes she caught him looking at her , but he never really kissed her and the vagueness of his attentions made her anxious and say bitter things she did n't mean . |
22 | We both said things we did n't mean and made stupid threats . |
23 | People have been known to say things they do n't mean when they 're angry — you of all people should know by now that I 'm no exception to that rule . ’ |
24 | ‘ Sometimes people do things they do n't mean . |
25 | Because your friend can do some fantastic things it does n't mean to say your muscles will , you could be in trouble . |
26 | THEY can do and have what they like and after a while it does n't mean anything to them . |
27 | ‘ Just because Luke and I share a close personal relationship it does n't mean that we agree on everything . |
28 | Mm , no , by no fixed abode I did n't mean , I did say the . |
29 | The notoriously atheist and materialist Holbach was explicit about whom he meant by " the people " : By the word people I do not mean the stupid populace Every man who can live respectably from the income of his property and every head of a family who owns land ought to be regarded as a citizen . |
30 | you make your sound and you carry on and on and on , I 'm gon na keep on taping different people 's make their sound and then we 're gon na see what it feels like you 're in hospital , okay , now it does n't matter if somebody 's got the same sound as somebody else , it 's no big deal , alright , because eventually they 'll all blend into each other , but as soon as I 've tapped you , make your sound , alright patients , come on where 's the machines ? okay , stop , now when did it start becoming out of hand ? , at one stage we did n't really know where we were to , once , once I say ten people , okay , and that was also due to the fact that we had perhaps too many erm patients moaning , alright , it was good in one respect because why , it made obvious that we were in a , a hospital well something like , but erm when you 're in smaller groups and you 're making your sound machines , obviously it 's much easier to control and to make the overall sound more realistic , do n't you think ? , so , mm , what we 're going to do is we 're going to get into different groups , into groups of four , five , no big deal , you 're welcome to only if you want to , and , you 're going to , each group is going to choose er a profession , okay , you can be brick layers , you can be er musicians , er you can be er gardener , I mean absolutely you can be factory workers , you can be absolutely anything , and what you 're going to do is you 're going to choose , each person will choose a sound which is represented of that particular person , er profession , okay , and you 'll going to make your sounds simultaneously so that as for the audience who are simply listening to you can just close our eyes cos we wo n't , you wo n't be acting you 'll be making these sounds and using , we 'll close our eyes and we 'll know exactly where we are , okay , and then after that once we 've done that just , before you choose your profession to know what this is going to lead onto , after that we 're going to put movements to that profession , so when , if you were in a factory going er putting bottles on , on top top of bottles , you would have the movements going and you would have the sound going and I want you to build up , up , the sound machine which becomes the movement machine as well , so you 're almost robotic so you , shh , shh , or whatever , however your sound , and each person does their thing in the factory or where ever they are and we will be able to see from listening and looking at the movements and obviously remember just because you 're not an example it does n't mean you ca n't talk , there might be for instance there would be a doctor going stand back , stand back , you know , er , in , in the you can use voices , but also obviously very , very effective to have sound voices , shh , shh , to create that part of it , have instruments , but this is how they actually started lay down sound tracks for movies , people specialize |