Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [is] not mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | when I read that , you know , this is perhaps a wrong s feeling of to express but yo The lord the God created the world but he 's not meaning it in that respect is he ? |
| 2 | The man is not enjoying this , but he 's not meant to . |
| 3 | Is the funding council to be the creature — it is an unpleasant word , but it is not meant unpleasantly — of the Scottish Office ? |
| 4 | It 's not a particularly convincing rationale , but it 's not meant to be — any more than George Orwell was literally predicting the future in 1984 . |
| 5 | Er only a bit of fun this really , it 's not a It it can be a serious exercise but it 's not meant to put you under any pressure . |
| 6 | ‘ All right , gossip , but it 's not meant unkindly . |
| 7 | And in the depots , when you are in the depot , people are cutting them , and if that 's the case , we , all of you , just remember , what we did , right just being as critical as we can of one another , to alter the way in which behave , but it 's not meant in any way , shape or form to be a criticism . |