Example sentences of "[pron] do [not/n't] really mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | I call them niggers myself now , but I do n't really mean it . ’ |
| 2 | Actually , I do n't really mean that , back in time . |
| 3 | He added quickly : ‘ I did n't really mean it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't really mean any harm . |
| 5 | I 'm positive I did n't really mean yes I was really meaning we might get some answers that are n't |
| 6 | I did n't really mean it . |
| 7 | Paternalism in the guise of ‘ The doctor knows best ’ or ‘ You do n't really mean that ’ provides the social justification , and necessity the legal justification . |
| 8 | No , I I 'm gi it 's not my , I I would just look at mathematical skills and saying that you 're not really yo you do n't really mean mathematical skills . |
| 9 | Blanche : Of course you do n't really mean to be insulting ! |
| 10 | You do n't really mean it ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ She does n't really mean it , ’ Robert defended Dawn reluctantly . |
| 13 | Both their voices were low ; they did n't really mean to include him in the conversation , and it was noisy in the room ; people laughed and shouted , the music next door had been turned up . |
| 14 | I know they 're only kids , they do n't really mean it , but sometimes I shout at them . ’ |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | He did n't really mean it , but his request sounded more gracious put that way . |
| 17 | He did n't really mean it . |
| 18 | Four days later , after the front-page splash headlines , intense team meetings and streams of trans-Tasman phone calls from ACB headquarters , Border said he did n't really mean to give the impression he would ditch the team . |
| 19 | I kept on thinking , he did n't really mean me to come round . |
| 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 | It did n't really mean a lot . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He does n't really mean that elephants do n't need an explanation ; rather that he is satisfied that biologists can explain elephants , provided they are allowed to take certain facts of physics for granted . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ I realise that intellectually it does n't really mean very much . |
| 29 | I mean if somebody says I used to People finding grating people might say , Oh I find it grating but it does n't really mean anything does it ? |
| 30 | It does n't really mean a lot . |