Example sentences of "did not need [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not need to turn it over to recognise the Leader of the verderers . |
| 2 | He did not need to turn to Posidonius for his cheap ethnography — assuming , what is by no means certain , that about 69 B.C. Posidonius ' history had already been published . |
| 3 | She did not have this problem with fields because they had names and did not need counting . |
| 4 | The stacks of plates were put beside them , and the bowls of coleslaw , potato salad and other food that did not need cooking were set in place . |
| 5 | The Court found on the facts that it did not need to pronounce upon whether the provisions relating to the Gex Zone created a stipulation in favour of a third party , but warned that the existence of such rights should not be lightly assumed : each such claim must be separately examined to determine ‘ whether the States which have stipulated in favour of a third State meant to create for that State an actual right which the latter has accepted as such ’ . |
| 6 | erm there was a time , for instance , when we had members of parliament who were gentlemen of means , perhaps , and who did not need to draw salaries , erm and it was erm perhaps a gentleman amateur job , but it 's all changed totally now and now we recognise that erm to be a national politician is a career and erm it is a career which is perhaps rewarded at the going rate . |
| 7 | In a sense the Advisor did not need to say more , for both her report and the fable of Fred begin to capture the mood of growing up . |
| 8 | The Chancellor might be forced to raise rates again if sterling took a nosedive , but he did not need to sit with his finger on the trigger . |
| 9 | Abrams himself , North remarked with some heat , did not need to ask ; he knew ; but at a certain point , knowledge became uncomfortable . |
| 10 | Matthew did not need to ask why . |
| 11 | She attended the English Church until Lowe was dismissed and then tactfully discovered she had her own chaplain and therefore did not need to attend either of the rival churches . |
| 12 | It did not need replacing . |
| 13 | Anabelle did not need to see more . |
| 14 | He did not need to see his hands in order to roll himself a cigarette . |
| 15 | One did not need to go up into space to see that Earth 's resources should be used ( though not used up ) for all its inhabitants . |
| 16 | She did not need to go on . |
| 17 | I did not need to go on about Jean-Claude 's obstinacy , foolishness and arrogance . |
| 18 | Delia Sutherland did not need to go nearer to know who they were — apparitions of herself , her father . |
| 19 | So she did not need to go on the offensive and was not required to fight . |
| 20 | They were confident that they were on the winning side of history and did not need to take precautions against exile in the autumn of their lives . |
| 21 | Louise lost no time in telling Constance that she did not need to return to Northumberland . |
| 22 | Her fortitude was such that she did not need to unload on to him her emotional worries . |
| 23 | He claimed the fish ate algae in the tank and did not need feeding every day . |
| 24 | They did not need to rely upon chance chemical events in the world outside to create the organic molecules from which they themselves were constructed . |
| 25 | But he did not need to do so ; and he could make men pay heavily for the privilege of the regrant , as James V certainly did . |
| 26 | I he bogeyman did not need to do anything more to him . |
| 27 | The fact was that both young women shared an unspoken anxiety for Fleury 's safety and though Louise had not yet confided her feelings for him to Miriam , she really did not need to do so for these feelings were plain enough already . |
| 28 | the other hand he accepted the ministrations of Rosalba with pointed gratitude , looking up at her when it was her turn to bend over him , though she did not need to bend from the waist , wand-like as her sister , but rather leaned her plump body forward to adjust some dish , brush off some crumbs with a dithery movement that suggested — again he felt a stab of pity , followed by impatience — that her own body was always in her way . |
| 29 | But mostly he did not need to talk at a bunfight , people came up and talked to him , and he would nod his head and smile benevolently and say happily , Yes , Yes , Yes . |
| 30 | He did not need to consult anyone about expenditure on funerals as these were routine occasions . |