Example sentences of "[adv] do [not/n't] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) , in a half sentence that he perhaps did not mean to utter , let the cat out of the bag . |
| 2 | Numbers alone did not mean automatic economic and political strength . |
| 3 | They obviously do n't mean anything to you , so it looks increasingly as if this whole business must have been a dreadful mistake . |
| 4 | God obviously did not mean her to be eaten by the wolves , for there were plenty about . |
| 5 | Just because she had to leave a meeting suddenly did not mean she would relinquish her authority . |
| 6 | But just because something can be used wrongly does n't mean that it is wrong in itself . |
| 7 | Living alone does not mean solitary confinement . |
| 8 | Just because you live alone does not mean that you should not bother . |
| 9 | ‘ But he was very single-minded then and the fact that something was very good already did not mean he could not improvise . ’ |
| 10 | Oh it 's still Christopher 's birthday anyway did n't mean to start talking about mine , only as a means for having a meal out . |
| 11 | A change in circumstances that could not have been predicted exactly does not mean that planning was incorrect in the first place . |
| 12 | Just because he is happy to go home does n't mean Suzie should think — |
| 13 | ‘ But that still does n't mean I came because of you . |
| 14 | Unpleasant , and even dangerous , as this dazzling can be , it still does n't mean that the whole eye ceases to work ! |
| 15 | And let us be quite clear that the fact that any particular system does n't go on for ever does n't mean it was n't God 's will when it came in . |
| 16 | And er you know he was I mean for instance at Salisbury Park he probably did n't mean anything but on Saturday when I was saying goodbye to him he said now I hope there 'll be somebody here at ten past ten to open this church tomorrow . |
| 17 | They probably do n't mean me at all . |
| 18 | He added , ‘ British , ’ because EC clearly did n't mean anything to her . |
| 19 | I also do n't mean to be sexist because the same scenario works when the sexes are reversed . |
| 20 | ‘ It probably does n't mean anything . |
| 21 | Her ommission to help the victim definately does not mean that she abetts the crime , or is an accessary to it . |
| 22 | We see it in the newspapers and we see it among politicians particularly , who say things they really do not mean , or things they do not even understand … . |
| 23 | ‘ And I really did n't mean her to run off like that . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , ’ she murmured , and added hurriedly , ‘ Look , I really did n't mean to be quite so late , but I had to — ’ |
| 25 | The word ‘ acceptance ’ most emphatically does not mean that someone experiencing loss will get to the stage of saying , ‘ Ah , it 's all over , it does n't really matter any more . ’ |
| 26 | And just because the Heavyweight contenders are n't here does n't mean there wo n't be heavy competition . |
| 27 | Remember that ‘ survival value ’ here does not mean value for a gene in a gene pool , but value for a meme in a meme pool . |
| 28 | Sure enough , we would expect the input systems to ensure that the right kinds of distinctions are drawn — between contour changes that define occlusion and those which define disappearance , for example — but this surely does not mean that the possessor of these input systems is capable of thinking about unperceived entities . |
| 29 | Regularly does not mean every other week . |
| 30 | Filing your nails regularly does n't mean you have n't got anything better to do . |