Example sentences of "[not/n't] need [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I have just explained , surely you do not need me to tell you . |
| 2 | It must surely be the case that the cat is competent to act as observer of its own survival or demise and does not need me to settle the issue for it . |
| 3 | They decided to keep the sailors to help sail the ship , but they did not need me . |
| 4 | Norman Fowler who , as is customary , devoted the first part of his reply to saying something nice about the speakers ( ‘ Amaranth Wilikins does not need me to gild her lily . |
| 5 | I remember being glad that my father had a job which did not need him to climb ladders . |
| 6 | Seeing Curtis at the door in that way she did not need him to repeat his announcement . |
| 7 | It had hurt him , Groa knew , that his father did not need him at his side now , in the first hour of real danger since Rognvald had tried to claim the north seven years before . |
| 8 | Alida did not need her , Alida could surely manage , surely was not afraid to be left alone ? |
| 9 | She was an actress , and needed the Broadway theatres , but Broadway did not need her . |
| 10 | Ingrid was a bore but he was n't sure he might not need her again . |
| 11 | Now , she did not need them . |
| 12 | Epictetus replied , ‘ To all this it is perhaps enough to answer , I do not need them . ’ |
| 13 | Most children do not need them . |
| 14 | He would not need them again . |
| 15 | Which was why Blackbeard accepted directives from him , even if he felt that he did not need them . |
| 16 | Too many welfare benefits go to people who do not need them |
| 17 | As many of those benefits go to people who do not need them , that spending does far less than it could to relieve poverty . |
| 18 | Oracle will be delivering products when the market does not need them . |
| 19 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 20 | Twelve days before Soviet troops entered Afghanistan Amin gave his word that ‘ no Soviet military bases will be built in Afghanistan because we do not need them ’ . |
| 21 | The other part handles the manufacture and marketing of a very large range of ‘ effect chemicals ’ whose uses are legion : there is scarcely an industry that does not need them as intermediates to a greater or lesser extent . |
| 22 | Despite the fact that they might not need it , most people like a little fat spread on bread or choose to have fried food occasionally . |
| 23 | There are some types of case which it can not sustain , and some which do not need it in order to remain at home ; but there is a group — those with relatively severe dementia , probably living alone , and unable to receive the care they need from elsewhere ( usually because they do not have able and willing involved relatives ) who appear unlikely to have remained at home had it not been for the involvement of the Home Support Project . |
| 24 | Coarser gravel would not need it , but fine gravel is easier for plants to grow their roots through . |
| 25 | I do not need it and will set it aside for you , my dear boy , to complete your studies . |
| 26 | And they do not need it spelt out how important it is to promote Orlando 's image as a safe and healthy resort . |
| 27 | Perhaps we do not need it . |
| 28 | Although they do not need it to fight they are usually armed with a big club made from a tree trunk . |
| 29 | Parents to children I shall begin by looking at support which flows from parents to children , examples of which can be found in all the categories which I have listed , although personal care in a sense is the least important because most adult children do not need it . |
| 30 | A safety net is something which you hope that you will never have to use , and you endeavour to arrange matters so that you do not need it , but if necessary it will catch you . |