Example sentences of "mean to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't mean to be rude , but how on earth are you going to find another job the way unemployment is now ? |
| 2 | I 'm sorry , Jeff , I did n't mean to be patronizing . ’ |
| 3 | What does it mean to be ‘ English ’ when so many people are disenfranchised in this country ? |
| 4 | After a moment 's pause he said : ‘ I did n't mean to be crabby — about not wanting to come . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Do n't go — I do n't mean to be nasty , |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't mean to be personal or anything . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm sorry , dear boy , I do n't mean to be rude . |
| 9 | We ask the question : what does it mean to be a Christian in this or that kind of society ? |
| 10 | What does it mean to be a priestess ? |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't mean to be angry . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't mean to be nasty or anything but I do n't really think we could work together , do you ? ’ |
| 13 | Anna said hastily , ‘ She does n't mean to be patronizing . ’ |
| 14 | The room itself would have been enough to efface any human material less striking than Clelia 's mother , and it did indeed more or less totally efface the unobtrusive Martin , who sat quietly dissociated , perched on the edge of a gilt-framed armchair , looking as though he did not quite mean to be there . |
| 15 | CEPROR offered general courses on health , nutrition , community organization and , for women , included a special course entitled : " What does it mean to be a woman ? " |
| 16 | ‘ He did n't mean to be rude . |
| 17 | Having said this , let me try to make clear what I do not mean to be claiming in this section , lest I be taken to be arguing for more than I intend to be . |
| 18 | At the root of all this activity will be the search for an answer to the question : what does it mean to be a man ? |
| 19 | She did n't mean to be tactless . |
| 20 | ‘ Did you mean to be wicked and spiteful ? ’ |
| 21 | I did n't mean to be angry with you . |
| 22 | ‘ We did n't mean to be bad , Mother , ’ cried Bobbie . |
| 23 | He did n't mean to be nasty , he was n't hinting at anything , he was just being clumsy . |
| 24 | I 'm sorry , I do n't mean to be rude . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He does n't mean to be rude , ’ explained Betty . |
| 26 | ‘ I did not mean to be unkind . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't mean to be . |
| 28 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
| 29 | She did not mean to be swayed by Cobalt 's defence of Maurin , and yet he had undermined her confidence . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't mind her — she does n't mean to be hurtful , ’ said Melissa . |