Example sentences of "not mean [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not mean to be offensive to the hon. Member for Sherwood when I say that he has entertained us with his prepared briefs in many of our coal debates , but that it is a bit rich of him continually to criticise the contraction of the coal industry when he has supported many of his Government 's policies on the industry . |
| 2 | ‘ I did not mean to be selfish . |
| 3 | ‘ I did not mean to be unkind . ’ |
| 4 | One of the musicians who played in the band with Buddie had once ruffled Frankie 's thick black hair and called him ‘ Smallfry ’ in a way that was not meant to be unkind . |
| 5 | I 'm obviously not meant to be rich … he says , pouring himself another beer in Spain ! ’ |
| 6 | The quality of our lives is not meant to be static . |
| 7 | The illustrations are not meant to be accurate — for use as maps — but they succeed brilliantly as indicators of the terrain likely to be found on these walks . |
| 8 | These are not meant to be comprehensive surveys of the literature , but are simply designed to illustrate the application of rational expectations to specific areas . |
| 9 | ‘ But life is not meant to be easy . ’ |
| 10 | Christians in particular have trouble with this part of the grief response because so often it seems that Christians are not meant to be angry — especially when the feeling is commonly directed towards God personally , as it were : ‘ I try to live a good life and see what He has let happen … |
| 11 | This was distinguished from a card which merely had written or printed material on it , intended to convey information to the human eye or mind , and not meant to be ancillary to some machine by being specially shaped for that purpose . |
| 12 | Such a woman was not meant to be alone . ’ |
| 13 | Under the ASC , Statements of Standard Accounting Practice were not meant to be rigid specifications of acceptable practice but rather ‘ to narrow the areas of difference ’ between accounting practices . |
| 14 | And anyway , langlauf is not meant to be racy . |
| 15 | They 're not meant to be crude or sensationalist , they give you an idea of the kind of thing that your fire fighters face on a regular basis . |
| 16 | The checklist which follows is not meant to be all-embracing . |
| 17 | Ah yes but this is not meant to be old fashioned . |
| 18 | It 's not meant to be fun , ’ the front-seat passenger joked , the others joining in the dirty insinuating laughter . |
| 19 | We girls were only the workhorses really — we read the instruments , plotted the charts , made the tea and kept the office clean , and were not meant to be able to give a weather forecast . |
| 20 | Such laboratories were not meant to be public places , and the requirements of furnaces and sand-baths and enormous wet-batteries all pointed to the basement as the best place , although without good artificial light the hours of usefulness of basement laboratories was limited . |
| 21 | Well my my suggestion was not meant to be unhelpful er |
| 22 | This is not meant to be ungenerous toward the two , who , on their day , can be a couple of the finest debaters in the Commons . |
| 23 | You fell in love with an illegitimate girl who carries her father 's name by grace and favour , not by right — never mind that I was not meant to be illegitimate ; that is what I am . |
| 24 | Trade unions , it they are involved at all , are not meant to be militant . |
| 25 | Well it was n't , it was n't that bad but like it was really weird because like you could see like , people like , especially the lads , just sort of looking at you and then like not meaning to be pervy but just like , looking again as if to think why has Emma got a , a extraordinary lump on half the top of her boob , you know ! |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't mean to be personal or anything . ’ |
| 27 | She did n't mean to be tactless . |
| 28 | At the top of the cliff , Alexandra said breathlessly , ‘ I did n't mean to be impolite . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't mean to be presumptuous , ’ he continues . |
| 30 | I also do n't mean to be sexist because the same scenario works when the sexes are reversed . |