Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not [adv] mean [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , no , I know what you mean , and on the whole yes , you 're right ; your modern fairy-tale — I do n't just mean what 's miscalled ‘ science fiction ’ , but all the stories that feed the modern hunger for the supernatural — they do tend to be more or less moral now . |
| 2 | I suppose there 's always nutters about , but there is something special about the band , and I do n't just mean their liability to lawsuits . |
| 3 | ‘ But I do n't even mean anything like that ; that was just background for the film . |
| 4 | When I say corporate plan , I do n't necessarily mean you have to live with it rigidly . |
| 5 | I call them niggers myself now , but I do n't really mean it . ’ |
| 6 | He added quickly : ‘ I did n't really mean it . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't really mean it . |
| 8 | You do n't really mean it ? |
| 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 | ‘ She does n't really mean it , ’ Robert defended Dawn reluctantly . |
| 11 | We do n't actually mean them . ’ |
| 12 | One of the marvellous things about your lyrics is that they 're complete bollocks , they do n't actually mean anything , do they ? |
| 13 | I know they 're only kids , they do n't really mean it , but sometimes I shout at them . ’ |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | ‘ You 're a flatterer , ’ she teased , a little rueful that he did n't entirely mean what he said . |
| 16 | I 'm sure he did n't quite mean it like that . |
| 17 | I kept on thinking , he did n't really mean me to come round . |
| 18 | He did n't really mean it , but his request sounded more gracious put that way . |
| 19 | He did n't really mean it . |
| 20 | He did n't really mean it — it was just a ploy to be rid of Doreen . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ He did n't really mean it , ’ she now recalls . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She swallowed the hurt and told herself he did n't really mean it . |
| 24 | Having gone through all the arguments such as ‘ he does n't really mean it ’ , and ‘ he loves me really ’ , she finally leaves with the support of the police , particularly the WPC . |
| 25 | It may be that what he 's said in court is purely something to get back at you and he does n't really mean it . |
| 26 | But just because the ranger service has expanded it does not necessarily mean there will be similar increase in the number of school visits or guided walks . |
| 27 | Just because we 're a rave band it does n't automatically mean we take Ecstasy . |
| 28 | Sorry to burden you with another Europroblem , but with the growth in cross-border activity , we are getting more and more bright-eyed young journalists that know a foreign language and report back from continental press conferences the English equivalent of exactly what was said in the local language — except that it does n't actually mean anything in English : an august journal — no names to spare any blushes — reports that the boss of IBM Deutschland GmbH said with regard to the company 's figures ‘ we made a decision to place a burden on our financial balance in order to ensure a healthier future ’ … |
| 29 | Wonderful but it does n't actually mean anything . |
| 30 | It is standard procedure , and it does n't usually mean you actually get evicted ; it is a way of frightening people . |