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‘A person may mean an offence.’

[⟨det person.nmean.v ⟨det offence.n⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

What the fuck is going on in this world when all your rights are taken by (and I mean no offence) the Christian right!?
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

While the rest of the room looked horrified at what I said, being an Australian he just smiled, knowing I meant no offence.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Praise & worship kinda sucked really, I mean no offence, I’m just being straightforward – that worship leader should lead with his eyes open next time, because then he’d know how the congregation would be responding and stuff.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I didn’t mean no offence, sir.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It’d probably improve, I half wanted Hillary to win (OK I admit now I mean no offence when talking about American politics, I know nothing about it really, so I’m sorry if my views seem weird.). [05] Do you believe in the death penalty?
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I mean, no offence, but living for a long term in a motel is not a very good idea.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Dave is a difficult person, I think, because while I know that he means no offence (in pretty much anything he does) he does say some phenomenally ignorant / stupid things sometimes.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

’ I meant no offence,’ replied Aldous, his swollen face splitting into a sharp, cold grin.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I mean no offence, though I don’t particularly care if you do take offence.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I meant no offence,?
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And as for kitty, I mean no offence when I say, you must be a woman, her charm is her innocence, she’s full of love, of life, not caught up with society.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I meant no offence.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Mr Holmes said Brett, I mean no offence, but the Keswick police couldn’t help me and no one can protect me from the violent gang who wants me dead…
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I mean no offence, the food here in Malaysia is quite tasty (and pricey too!) but the spicy level is waaay below my acceptance.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

First of all I love MMORPGS and ive been looking for a good one to give me a chance to start playing them again but I can *n’t decide weather I should get war or not for the following reasons (im just being honest when I say all this!) warhammer seems perfect overall to me, its like the designers scooped everything out of my head that I wanted in an MMO so that was a big up side to the game for me and lets be honest theres nothing like earning virtual gear to show off for no reason! bad points are that I don’t have a load of spare time and I would have to blow all the money I earned in the summer on a new graphics card and the game and lastly (you may think its odd) ive always thought warhammer was a bit nerdy (No offence ment: D) so I don’t know if I want to commit money and time to something I don’t think is not P E R F E C T to me, as I am picky, because I do see it as somewhat of a commitment I mean no offence by this thread im just hoping someone out there can knock sense into my skull, or tell me what im saying is true and is not for me thank you all for your time!
(Parse)

In the British National Corpus:

“I mean no offence.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I mean, no offence, Sarah.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I meant no offence.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“I get around just fine.” “I did not mean any offence can we head to the hospital?
(Parse)

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Queried on 2013-05-25.