Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not [adv] mean " in BNC.
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| 31 | Blanche : Of course you do n't really mean to be insulting ! |
| 32 | You do n't really mean it ? |
| 33 | She did n't just mean like a misplaced person , floating loose in society . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | ‘ She does n't really mean it , ’ Robert defended Dawn reluctantly . |
| 36 | I ca n't deliver these resources overnight but I can say that when we talk about building the Best Banking and Financial Services Group , we do n't simply mean the best for our shareholders . |
| 37 | We do n't actually mean them . ’ |
| 38 | By this we do not Just mean that many people believe that the system is unjust . |
| 39 | We do not just mean convenience foods , but the convenience of eating a meal in relation to the time allowed , and the situation . |
| 40 | By these we do not just mean that lots of people do research and take time over it . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | One of the marvellous things about your lyrics is that they 're complete bollocks , they do n't actually mean anything , do they ? |
| 43 | I know they 're only kids , they do n't really mean it , but sometimes I shout at them . ’ |
| 44 | Whe when they 're actually describing something like homework oh that 's cool , they do n't really mean it as good , or do they ? |
| 45 | When Americans talk about an ‘ underclass ’ in their cities , they do not simply mean the poor ; they mean poor but healthy young people who can not or will not , but anyway do not , get a job . |
| 46 | Bukharin pointed out that many features that characterise Primitive accumulation carry on into the history of capitalism itself , yet they do not thereby mean that capitalism is forever stuck in that particular stage of development . |
| 47 | The room itself would have been enough to efface any human material less striking than Clelia 's mother , and it did indeed more or less totally efface the unobtrusive Martin , who sat quietly dissociated , perched on the edge of a gilt-framed armchair , looking as though he did not quite mean to be there . |
| 48 | ‘ You 're a flatterer , ’ she teased , a little rueful that he did n't entirely mean what he said . |
| 49 | I 'm sure he did n't quite mean it like that . |
| 50 | He did n't really mean it , but his request sounded more gracious put that way . |
| 51 | He did n't really mean it . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | I kept on thinking , he did n't really mean me to come round . |
| 54 | He did n't really mean it — it was just a ploy to be rid of Doreen . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ He did n't really mean it , ’ she now recalls . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | She swallowed the hurt and told herself he did n't really mean it . |
| 58 | It did n't really mean a lot . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | 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 |