Example sentences of "i do n't mean [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't mean we have been devious , just more structured , choosing the issues she is fighting on . |
| 2 | I do n't mean they were just knocked about a bit … they were smashed , stitches and a fractured jaw for one , severe abdominal bruising for the other . |
| 3 | By that I do n't mean they 've left the prison ; I mean they 're dead . |
| 4 | Well I do n't mean they have to join youth clubs but there is some kind of coordination . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mean you should give up the drugs . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't mean you 're not beautiful , you 're more beautiful than ever . |
| 7 | Well I mean well I do n't mean you 'll sort it out yourself . |
| 8 | No I do n't mean you 're a small size . |
| 9 | I do n't mean you and the boys ! |
| 10 | By that I do n't mean he could n't have been responsible for their deaths , I just mean that I do n't think he 's on speaking terms with his conscience . |
| 11 | I do n't mean he 's involved in politics , he 's not after anybody 's vote or anything like that , but the whole place runs on politics . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ No , I do n't mean it like that . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't mean it in a bad way , but teams are rolling us over . |
| 15 | Oh — I do n't mean it like that . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't mean it 's straightforward . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think all that much of humans , ’ said Lydia ; ‘ so when I say one does n't quite look like one I do n't mean it offensively . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , I know — I do n't mean it , of course . |
| 19 | I do n't mean it Cherry ! |
| 20 | I do n't mean it . |
| 21 | I do n't know what , no I do n't mean it that way , I 'm just weary and not looking forward to tonight and |
| 22 | I meant , I do n't mean it that thick , I need it about six centimetres . |
| 23 | I do n't mean I 'm unemployed , God forbid . |
| 24 | I do n't mean I 've done a sudden transformation . |
| 25 | I do n't mean I should n't — no , I 've got lots of reasons now — it 's just that I 'm uncomfortable with it . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't mean I 've learned much about the law . |
| 27 | I do n't mean I could do it myself , not straight away , I just mean I get a great sense of comradeship with these people . |
| 28 | I had decided when in Rome to do as the Romans or in this case , more appropriately , when in Babylon do as the Babylonians — no , I do n't mean I 'm having orgies in the servants ’ quarters , or letting Gooseneck have his way with me . |
| 29 | Oh no , no I do n't , no I do n't mean no I do n't mean I do n't mean the business going here , I mean the things that I pay . |
| 30 | The same thing , if somebody 's annoying you like that , ignore them like I said , I do n't mean I wo n't just let them sit there I 'll touch my brakes a couple of times perhaps do the old bit with the mirror and like I said , normally if they 're if they 're responsible drivers that have just happened , they got a bit close then maybe they 'll drop back as I 've done |