Example sentences of "i do [not/n't] mean [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , I do not mean Conservative , Liberal or Labour . |
| 2 | I do not mean debts and currencies and economic fabrics , but something much more vital — the thoughts of man . |
| 3 | By intelligent , I do not mean intellectual , but based on a wise consideration of our emotional and physical needs , and those of other members of the household . |
| 4 | By this , I do not mean mat Lewis has represented the medieval picture as ‘ better ’ than the modern ; but he has shown us that both are merely pictures . |
| 5 | I do not mean computers with human emotions or humanoids with computer brains . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't mean music . |
| 7 | I do n't mean art should be as clear as the instructions on a packet of seeds ; I 'm saying that you trust the mystifier more if you know he 's deliberately choosing not to be lucid . |
| 8 | And I do n't mean Jon Beast ( or should that be Jean Bête ? |
| 9 | I do n't mean players at the end of distinguished careers who go onto the Vancouver Whitecaps so do n't give me Peter Lorimer etc . |
| 10 | No I do n't mean Judy Garland I mean |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't mean Carole Lombard , do I ? ’ said Jannie . |
| 12 | I do n't mean Liberty . |
| 13 | I do n't mean sex in any simple way . |
| 14 | Yes er that 's been the essence of what I 've wanted is er I 've , I 've had to have what I 've wanted by hook or by crook , and I do n't mean crook in a bad sense , I mean one way or another , you know what I mean and er I did job for the casters , same as they did jobs for me , you know and that 's how I 've gone through life , that is Michael . |
| 15 | ‘ On second thoughts , ’ says Prue , ‘ I do n't mean Garsington . |
| 16 | Something to do with the Kirk , and I do n't mean Captain James T. |
| 17 | I do n't mean sermons , or those awful sewing bees we used to have . |
| 18 | I do n't mean Chamberlain . |
| 19 | ‘ No , I do n't mean figures . |
| 20 | I do n't mean camping I mean |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't mean forgery , ’ she crowed triumphantly . |
| 22 | When I say ‘ beginner ’ I do n't mean dabbler ! |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't mean fighting , ’ said Polly . |
| 24 | No , I do n't mean marathon running , although I am certain that the spectators of the original run from the Battle of Marathon to Athens would be astonished to learn that we regard such things as sports , since the man who ran the original dropped dead on arrival . |
| 25 | I do n't mean goggles I mean just the glasses with the side pieces . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's meant to be theatrical , by which I do n't mean lasers and fireworks . |
| 27 | Some of these newsreels I might say were faked , I do n't mean George Albert Smith 's were faked , but erm there was for example the case erm of the Boer War . |
| 28 | And I do n't mean Blackpool 's . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Well , I do n't mean fly . |
| 30 | I do n't mean Fanny , I 'm speaking of Bathsheba ! |