Example sentences of "do n't mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry , Jeff , I did n't mean to be patronizing . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Daddy , I did n't mean anything , I … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I did n't mean to startle you . |
| 4 | I did n't mean to laugh . |
| 5 | I did n't mean to make light of your problems . |
| 6 | ‘ I was very drunk , Jay , ’ she says in a rush , ‘ I did n't mean that to happen . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't mean that , ’ said Lucy . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I know the name was McCloy but it did n't mean nothing to me . |
| 10 | I did n't mean to speak sharply . |
| 11 | He comforted himself that his wife , being foreign , had just repeated the phrase parrot-fashion and did n't mean by it what he would have meant . |
| 12 | He did n't mean any harm , he just wanted to give them back . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't mean that rubbish . ’ |
| 14 | But they did n't mean it like that . |
| 15 | Immediately , Marie felt guilty : ‘ I did n't mean that — what I just said . |
| 16 | I did n't mean to upset you . |
| 17 | Oh I 'm certain the sentry did n't mean to prick your niece in the — quite so — with his sword … |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't mean to do it , sir , honest . |
| 19 | I did n't mean to do it , swear to God . ’ |
| 20 | After a moment 's pause he said : ‘ I did n't mean to be crabby — about not wanting to come . ’ |
| 21 | I did n't mean to upset you . |
| 22 | Did n't mean that way , sugar . |
| 23 | I did n't mean to . |
| 24 | We went about a mile before they tired of the effort involved , and I did n't mean to go much further in any case because according to the map I had in my pocket we were by then in about the centre of the western spur of the Quillersedge woods . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't mean that . |
| 26 | ‘ You did n't mean that , did you ? ’ |
| 27 | Mrs Clinton was quoted as saying : ‘ Nobody knows better than I do the pain that can be caused by discussing rumours , even in private conversations , and I did n't mean to be hurtful to anyone . ’ |
| 28 | She did n't mean to , but it was so unfair . |
| 29 | I did n't mean to come on so … |
| 30 | ‘ Did n't mean to scare you . |