Example sentences of "need n't be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , you need n't be polite ; in fact , I would say to you ’ — she now paused with her hands on the table and stared up at him — ‘ please do n't be polite . |
| 2 | And gossip need n't be malevolent ; my Little Oxford Dictionary defines it simply as ‘ informal talk , esp about persons . ’ |
| 3 | It proves perhaps that a tree need n't be tall to be proud . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ You need n't be sorry . |
| 5 | It 's as well to laugh and I 'm , I 'm especially able to encourage you because I being a Christian know you know that sin wo n't have dominion over you so that you need n't be solemn about it |
| 6 | ‘ Court dress is sombre , but black need n't be dull at all . |
| 7 | Right Dennis n , tins of food , things like ham , fish , beans , anything tinned , packets of dried food , dried milk oh er dried herbs , jars jars of jam , marmalade anything that 'll keep , herbs and spices , games for the children and I think I said Monday , they need n't be new but ones that ne ones that do not need batteries . |
| 8 | I need n't be frightened of the mole-woman : she 'd be too busy making beds and totting up last night 's proceeds to wonder whether I was a truant from a Youth Custody Centre or a prostitute on an overnight break . |
| 9 | He hung his great belly over the box and explained confidentially to the jury that they need n't be frightened of the so-called scientific expert witnesses because none of us , including himself of course , really know what we 're talking about . |
| 10 | I divided some of those files into sub-files and we have got rid of quite a bit of it now so you need n't be frightened of coming back to week-end working . |
| 11 | I 'd heard tales about some people having seen an old man down there but not for a long while , he would n't hurt anyone so your lad need n't be scared of him . ’ |
| 12 | You need n't be jealous , sir . |
| 13 | I 'm not your husband , you need n't be jealous of me ! ’ |
| 14 | Her face was on a level with his ; she stared at him for some seconds before she said quietly , ‘ You need n't be concerned that you might have started something ; I 've got no ideas that way . |
| 15 | There is a flat at the top of our house where our younger son and his wife had lived until Mark was a year old , so there was accommodation for them : they need n't be homeless even if they were penniless ! |
| 16 | If you add that to the eight ninety percent that need n't be potable , it seems to be very attractive to er deliver it in bottles does n't it . |
| 17 | Negotiating safer sex with your partner need n't be difficult — although it may be embarrassing to start with , it gets easier with practice ! |
| 18 | ‘ You need n't be worried anyone will hear anything from me , but we were interrupted by one of the junior chemists . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , you need n't be afraid . |
| 20 | So when , for example , Pooh goes to get honey from the cupboard where he believes it is , he need n't be aware of having that belief . |
| 21 | But observations need n't be direct to be good . |
| 22 | He was n't blind to the fact that he only had to say , ‘ What are you doing tonight ? ’ and he need n't be alone anymore . |