Example sentences of "[pers pn] do n't mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't mean to be rude , but how on earth are you going to find another job the way unemployment is now ? |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't mean that . |
| 3 | I do n't mean I 'm unemployed , God forbid . |
| 4 | I do n't mean learning facts like ‘ Lemur is the capital of Peru ’ or that ‘ St Tracy is the patron saint of the dormer window ’ ( we can learn things that are false : learning is not mere information pick-up ) , but acquiring concepts such as what is to count as a ‘ chair ’ , that weight is conserved through transformations of shape , that the earth is a heavenly body circling a larger heavenly body . |
| 5 | No , dearie , when I say , the basis for a new poetry , I do n't mean the vers libre movement as it was in the year 1912 . ) |
| 6 | I do n't mean that I 'm a democrat . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's meant to be theatrical , by which I do n't mean lasers and fireworks . |
| 8 | Those bastards , I do n't mean the squareheaded bastards across the fields , I mean the bastards who are sending all this shit over our heads all the time . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't mean she did n't have a name ; that was her name : ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't mean just about me ; I mean you really do n't care whether you live or die . |
| 11 | I do n't mean all this , here , ’ she jabbed at Rachel 's typescript with an irritable finger , her face looked blotchy and plainer than ever , ‘ this bit about your blasted reconstruction . |
| 12 | I do n't mean here , this version necessarily , but you 're not the only person in the world who keeps up with the wider literature , you know . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't mean that , ’ Herr Nordern said , ‘ and you know it . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course I do n't mean that you should … . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't mean just physically — that , too , of course . |
| 16 | I do n't mean to sound unkind , because it is n't . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't mean to sound ungrateful , but I 'm starving , ’ Catherine said , as they reached the gate . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't mean that like it sounds — she did n't do it to get on , or not like that . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ No , I do n't mean it like that . |
| 20 | I do n't mean Liberty . |
| 21 | I do n't mean in that way . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't mean every fucking twist and turn of the story line , now do I ? |
| 23 | I do n't mean technically , though that can cause problems . |
| 24 | ‘ Look , ’ he said a touch awkwardly , ‘ I do n't mean to take my bad temper out on you . |
| 25 | Of course if you were my master — I do n't mean like Dr Grossman but my real , still-undiscovered master — you would have a right to ask anything of me ; but that can not be . |
| 26 | Sub-Officer Roger Kendall chips in : ‘ We 're always hoping something will happen — I do n't mean that to sound macabre . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't mean we have been devious , just more structured , choosing the issues she is fighting on . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't mean to of fend , ’ he said smiling . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't mean to upset anyone , ’ he said . |
| 30 | I do n't mean in money terms . |