Example sentences of "[not/n't] mean [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the five who rejected the appeal over the beating of a seven-year-old boy in an English boarding school stressed that that did not mean they condoned corporal punishment in principle . |
| 2 | You did not mean it to happen this time . |
| 3 | Natural selection does favour those animals that are most successful in the competition for resources , but that does not mean it favours unrestrained aggression . |
| 4 | Listen , listen , listen I 'm not taking the piss out of the point cos I know the point 's very serious but I 'm taking the piss out of the way he said it cos I think he sounded stupid but that does n't mean I have any disrespect for erm |
| 5 | ‘ That does n't mean I think all men are rapists but … it means a significant proportion of the men around us in that situation of social breakdown would rape and I ca n't even begin to digest that notion . ’ |
| 6 | Sorry , I did n't mean it to sound that way . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't mean it to sound that way , ’ Ruth huffed . |
| 8 | I did n't mean it to happen this way . ’ |