Example sentences of "do [not/n't] mean it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This remark had haunted Khrushchev , who had several times explained he did not mean it literally , and finally got that famous goat . |
| 2 | I did not mean it at all , I thought it was vaguely amusing . |
| 3 | In one dispute he is twice quoted as saying , on different occasions , ‘ we intend , nor will none otherwise do at any time , but according to the king 's laws ’ — and there is no reason to suppose that he did not mean it . |
| 4 | The fact that the share price had been 60p did not mean it would return to that level . |
| 5 | And then , leaning closer to him , ‘ I should know if you did not mean it , ’ she said . |
| 6 | His face was without the offensively avuncular smile that usually accompanies such trite statements ; and something intent about the look he gave me made it clear he did not mean it tritely . |
| 7 | She knew he did not mean it . |
| 8 | ‘ If you did not mean it so — ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You should have known I did not mean it , ’ complained the old lady in a fretful tone . |
| 10 | ‘ I — I did not mean it so , ’ he faltered . |
| 11 | ‘ You did not mean it ? |
| 12 | In one dispute he is twice quoted as saying , on different occasions , ‘ we intend , nor will none otherwise do at any time , but according to the king 's laws ’ — and there is no reason to suppose that he did not mean it . |
| 13 | When he said to Cassin " Nous sommes la France " , he did not mean it in a rhetorical sense . |
| 14 | You did not mean it to happen this time . |
| 15 | No — ’ he quickly laid his hand on Owen 's arm in the Arab way — ‘ I did not mean it like that . |
| 16 | I do not mean it in any ideological sense or historical sense or to be provocative but it 's very , it 's with very deep feelings that I speak to you today because you may not understand it but for me , after thirty three years in exile I was able to return to South Africa in nineteen ninety one and one of the first activities to which I was invited was the annual meeting of Cosatu And so when we say comrades in that sense , and thank you as comrades we mean it as comrades in arms . |
| 17 | But they did n't mean it like that . |
| 18 | That was bloody offensive , and I did n't mean it to be . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't mean it as a compliment . ’ |
| 20 | True , the street he lived in was north of the city centre , but that did n't mean it was in North Oxford . |
| 21 | I did n't mean it . |
| 22 | We did n't mean it . ’ |
| 23 | Well , perhaps I did n't mean it quite like that . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't mean it to sound like that . ’ |
| 25 | I did n't mean it like that . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's time you went , ’ I said as I watched him go but I did n't mean it . |
| 27 | As the attempt to revive the woman fails , the voice adds : ‘ I did n't mean it . ’ |
| 28 | I did n't mean it , I did n't mean it ’ when he came under fire himself , Belfast 's Crown Court was told . |
| 29 | I did n't mean it , I did n't mean it ’ when he came under fire himself , Belfast 's Crown Court was told . |
| 30 | He did n't mean it — it was said in passion , Vincent assured his brother , knowing how profoundly the news would disturb him . |