Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] do [not/n't] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I asked them about the war , and they said it was okay , but you could see in their eyes they did n't mean it . |
| 3 | In arguing that the instrumental response is quite proper in some circumstances I do not mean to imply that it always can operate . |
| 4 | You ca n't say that all music made by machines is robotic and unfeeling , just because you play guitars it does n't mean you 've got soul . |
| 5 | By " saying " things I do not mean simply that men talk about what they do , but that all their social behaviour is " coded " so that it makes statements about what the social situation is and where the actor is positioned in that social situation . |
| 6 | For when I speak of the community being faithful to its own principles I do not mean its conventional or popular morality , the beliefs and convictions of most citizens . |
| 7 | Do n't joke about serious issues or say things you do n't mean or it could be held against you later . |
| 8 | Thought you meant things you did n't mean . ’ |
| 9 | She probably says things she does n't mean … |
| 10 | Sometimes she caught him looking at her , but he never really kissed her and the vagueness of his attentions made her anxious and say bitter things she did n't mean . |
| 11 | We both said things we did n't mean and made stupid threats . |
| 12 | People have been known to say things they do n't mean when they 're angry — you of all people should know by now that I 'm no exception to that rule . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Sometimes people do things they do n't mean . |
| 14 | Because your friend can do some fantastic things it does n't mean to say your muscles will , you could be in trouble . |
| 15 | Just because very few hotels have that many single rooms it does n't mean you should pay an arm and a leg for the privilege of being alone . |
| 16 | The first point definitely implies the second , but it must be said that other mechanisms exist in the equations for introducing folds into the return maps , so that a similar transition is observed even for b-values which do not mean that increasing r involves passing through the spiral of Fig. 6.2 . |