Example sentences of "[pron] did not [adv] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't exactly mean that … ’ |
| 2 | He added quickly : ‘ I did n't really mean it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't really mean any harm . |
| 4 | I 'm positive I did n't really mean yes I was really meaning we might get some answers that are n't |
| 5 | I did n't really mean it . |
| 6 | I did n't act I did n't actually mean from erm the sexual point of view . |
| 7 | I did n't always mean … ’ |
| 8 | She did n't just mean like a misplaced person , floating loose in society . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're a flatterer , ’ she teased , a little rueful that he did n't entirely mean what he said . |
| 13 | I 'm sure he did n't quite mean it like that . |
| 14 | He did n't really mean it , but his request sounded more gracious put that way . |
| 15 | He did n't really mean it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I kept on thinking , he did n't really mean me to come round . |
| 18 | He did n't really mean it — it was just a ploy to be rid of Doreen . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ He did n't really mean it , ’ she now recalls . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She swallowed the hurt and told herself he did n't really mean it . |
| 22 | It did n't really mean a lot . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 |