Example sentences of "do [adv] mean [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not mean a sexual strength — of that I have little — but a union of all my senses simply carries me past all reflection , sometimes into a beautiful ease , sometimes into filth and futility … but always I am passive . |
| 2 | When we say that Beaver is giving away an iceberg we do not mean a lettuce . |
| 3 | We should constantly be aware that when most people use the term ‘ mixed race ’ they do not mean a child of Indian and African parents , nor a Chinese and a person of African descent , they generally mean the child of a white person and any other person who is not white . |
| 4 | We do not mean a freedom that can be enjoyed by one man or one set of men at the cost of a loss of freedom to others . |
| 5 | These people seem to forget that results do not mean a thing in football and are only of secondary interest to a manager . |
| 6 | The words ‘ unconditional contract ’ therefore do not mean a contract without conditions in the sense just referred to , i.e. important terms of the contract ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 7 | By puddings I do not mean the pretty little fripperies that are offered at the end of an elegant dinner as token appeasement of our sweet-toothed leanings . |
| 8 | I do not mean the church as we see her spread out through all time and space and rooted in eternity , terrible as an army with banners . |
| 9 | and again : " when I make use of the word people , I do not mean the vulgar or mixed multitude " . |
| 10 | The notoriously atheist and materialist Holbach was explicit about whom he meant by " the people " : By the word people I do not mean the stupid populace Every man who can live respectably from the income of his property and every head of a family who owns land ought to be regarded as a citizen . |
| 11 | Whether two expressions do or do not mean the same is a matter of some importance , but , again , it is evidently not something we should expect informants to tell us directly . |
| 12 | We are dedicated to experimentation , to pushing back the frontiers of football as we know them , to boldly go where no self-respecting soccer club has gone before , and no , I do not mean the Whaddon and Mitchley Sunday League . |
| 13 | But more important , once the semantics of the two constructions is examined , the hypothesis of meaningless variants must be ruled out once and for all : the two constructions do not mean the same thing . |
| 14 | Do n't mean no harm . ’ |
| 15 | They do n't mean no harm , but when things like this happen they get all shot . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't mean every fucking twist and turn of the story line , now do I ? |
| 17 | honest , for weeks and weeks I took , I do n't mean every night |
| 18 | A baby carriage Do n't mean a marriage — |
| 19 | And I do n't mean a bunch of Conan the Barbarians , quite often it 's more Conan the librarian . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I have n't done DMT yet , but I suspect the initials stand for Do n't Mean a Thing . |
| 21 | I do n't mean a job , but something which needs doing , all the same . ’ |
| 22 | No more , and I do n't mean a new one I mean the old one you know . |
| 23 | ‘ Separate rooms do n't mean a thing , ’ he retorted with a glimmer of a sardonic smile . |
| 24 | Since issue number one we 've quoted the raw results of the benchmark tests we use ( and we 've chosen them pretty carefully , I might add , and applied them to every machine submitted to us for review ) , but we 've discovered that the raw figures do n't mean a lot to a great many of you . |
| 25 | I think a change in the political , direct and when say it , I do n't mean a change , I mean a , erm , the outcome of the solution erm , to , to , to the present uncertainty , I think er , will be greatly helpful er , once the election is over in the U K. |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps you 've forgotten , Caroline — such things do n't mean a thing to me . ’ |
| 27 | But just one line of things that you know , I do n't mean a diary where you write a page every night , but just two lines you know . |
| 28 | I do n't mean a heart attack . |
| 29 | I do n't mean a bloody home like that ! |
| 30 | it do n't mean a thing really , but |