Example sentences of "[vb past] n't have [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | You did n't have to be a client or a famous face to be on the receiving end . |
| 2 | You did n't have to be highly professional and experienced like a personnel manager has to be today . |
| 3 | You did n't have to be an angry young man to look around the car industry over the past few weeks and despair of ever hearing any good news . |
| 4 | Ghosts did n't have to be stupid and scary like in stories Mrs Mills read them . |
| 5 | If I could think straight , if every scrap of attention did n't have to be focused on not falling , I could probably get nearer to knowing . |
| 6 | Earlier , Dave McCullouch stated that , although this was always the case , it did n't have to be . |
| 7 | It did n't have to be colourless , tasteless or odourless , it just had to be got , somehow or other , past Elinor 's front teeth , down her oesophagus and into her digestive system , even if to do so it should be necessary to hold her down and clamp a funnel between her jaws . |
| 8 | The electric commuter trains rattled past at frequent intervals while Nails mooched impatiently up and down , kicking an old tin can and wishing he did n't have to be dependent on a girl . |
| 9 | It did n't have to be for one slot , it did n't have to be in a particular form , it could be anything as long as it used the medium for visual ends . |
| 10 | It did n't have to be for one slot , it did n't have to be in a particular form , it could be anything as long as it used the medium for visual ends . |
| 11 | They did n't have to be . |
| 12 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 13 | These guys proved that synthesised music did n't have to be cold and aloof . |
| 14 | Sitting behind Eva and Dad in the car , watching their hands constantly fluttering towards each other , you did n't have to be a genius to see they were a couple . |
| 15 | They were narrowly beaten by a four-nation , eight-man team of elite males in Italy in a spectacle that proved you did n't have to be one of the team to enjoy the fun . |
| 16 | When news of the event reached the graveyard cottage Willie had overheard Tom muttering something to the effect that it was a wonder the tree did n't have to be taken too . |
| 17 | Release Slade In Flame now and show that big screen glam did n't have to be a total sham . |
| 18 | Newton did n't have to be a scientist either to realise what his two goals had done for a Chelsea side which played with impressive self belief considering its young personnel . |
| 19 | ‘ It did n't have to be cards , it could have been a letter . ’ |
| 20 | There did n't have to be any other reasons . |
| 21 | But Boro boss Lennie Lawrence insisted : ‘ They 're championship contenders , but did n't have to be at their best to beat us . |
| 22 | One day she was at Serenity and she met a boy from the Holy Sepulchre of the Expanded Neurosphere , and he told her she did n't have to be an imaginary princess any more . |
| 23 | He did n't have to be told why he should hurry — the sea was already beginning to trickle over on to the upper deck . |
| 24 | ‘ I will never forget Bill Mackowiack , my ball turret gunner , who did n't have to be on that mission with me . |
| 25 | The bottles did n't have to be champagne bottles . |
| 26 | " Yes , but I wish it did n't have to be like this . |
| 27 | There did n't have to be . |
| 28 | GUIL : ( Shaking with rage and fright ) It could have been — it did n't have to be obscene … |
| 29 | There was no porter manning the reception desk , so he did n't have to be signed in after all . |
| 30 | I realised I could help myself and did n't have to be this fat , unhappy child , ’ she says . |