Example sentences of "need n't be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sloping garden need n't be an uphill struggle , as Pippa Greenwood discovered when she lent a hand to the Lloyds on camera |
| 2 | It is not grave because there need n't be an election for two years and more . |
| 3 | ‘ You need n't be so rough with me , ’ Cullam whined , ‘ I 'm telling you , are n't I ? |
| 4 | Moths can be a real pest but they need n't be a permanent one . |
| 5 | And gossip need n't be malevolent ; my Little Oxford Dictionary defines it simply as ‘ informal talk , esp about persons . ’ |
| 6 | The stylishly inclined have always maintained that looking good need n't be a costly exercise . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , you need n't be afraid . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | If hamlet ( or rather the actor playing him ) , catches a frog in his throat during a soliloquy , since one is experiencing a human drama this need n't be in the least distracting — indeed the element of human fallibility and frailty thus introduced could even enhance the impact of the performance ( admittedly it could also be unintentionally quite hilarious ) ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | My last comment need n't be as despairing as at first thought . |
| 12 | He said , ‘ You need n't be sorry . |
| 13 | As you 'll have noticed , Summer Wine has an artistic theme this year , but you need n't be a fine art expert to enter our simple Champagne competition on the next page . |
| 14 | But that need n't be a problem — as long as you both expect the same from your love . |
| 15 | You do n't have to enter in advance and your dog need n't be registered with the Kennel Club — you just turn up , pays your money and takes your chance ! |
| 16 | Christmas dinner need n't be a heavy affair — try a light-hearted approach with this exotic baked salmon . |
| 17 | But it need n't be a terminal decease . |
| 18 | ‘ Court dress is sombre , but black need n't be dull at all . |
| 19 | And a 10-day holiday here need n't be more expensive than a comparable one in Europe . |
| 20 | With more cars having front wheel drive , the pit need n't be very long , it could be as short as 2.4m . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | Never to volunteer for anything , for instance ; to keep her bedspace clean and tidy ; never , ever , to forget the eleventh commandment , Thou shall not get found out ; and if you were prepared to agree that every word of King 's Regulations was Holy Writ and accepted that leave was a privilege and not a right , then life in the Navy need n't be all that bad . |
| 23 | On a sunny wall I grew tomatoes and found that they need n't be , after all , red bags of tasteless liquid but firm and sweet and tasting of — I could just remember it — tomatoes . |
| 24 | She … she need n't be on her own . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And you need n't be going just to America to cash in on the two dollar £ . |
| 29 | ‘ What we will be aiming for on the night is to make sure we score first — and it need n't be in the opening minutes . |
| 30 | GETTING your car clamped need n't be a bad thing . |