Example sentences of "not to have [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It saves time and effort on the part of the typist not to have to put commas at the end of each and every line of an address and full stops at the end of an address and after the date . |
| 2 | Desperate not to have to overtake , he 'd braked hard and had felt the car shimmy dangerously . |
| 3 | Sometimes the question of what a public authority ought to have done in performance of its duties will be politically or morally contentious , and the court would prefer not to have to pronounce on the issue . |
| 4 | Where you know so as not to have to risk going having to go to an expensive B and B because all the cheap places have gone . |
| 5 | It was also a change for me sea fishing not to have to wear clothes — at least not many . |
| 6 | Services should be provided near enough so that people do not to have to venture further than their local shops or post office . |
| 7 | So as not to have to watch the empty road for the postman on the day that the results were due each girl went separately deep into the fields but they were n't able to stay alone for long ; and each time they came back to the road it was still empty . |
| 8 | We would all have liked to be able to eat normally at meals and not to have to hit each other to be first in the breakfast queue . |
| 9 | I 'd prefer not to have to lie about it myself Naturally , I sha n't volunteer the information . |
| 10 | Chris was a learner driver at this time , and he used to drive me to hospital ; driving practice for him , but a great relief for me not to have to drive myself . |
| 11 | ‘ It would be nice not to have to talk about this , Steve , but we have to . ’ |
| 12 | She was pleased not to have to do anything . |
| 13 | And also , it 's cos that , you know after we had that row about Terry , after Bank Holiday expecting not to have to do a day in the shop , and er he 's already owing Brian a day ? |
| 14 | The women are glad not to have to labour in their sweltering , smoke-filled little pole-and-dagga houses . |
| 15 | Anyway , that meant I could have a decent drink and trust to luck not to have to need a lift back . |
| 16 | The evening was an enjoyable affair and it made a pleasant change not to have to leave Sally behind . |
| 17 | The idea was to make the farm buildings look good enough not to have to screen them . |
| 18 | It would be a relief not to have to see him again tonight , Luce assured herself , ignoring an inner voice that jeered , Who are you trying to kid ? |
| 19 | They made just enough money busking for him not to have to go back to that . |
| 20 | Then they hurried far away , so as not to have to listen to his cries . |
| 21 | What bliss not to have to eat a huge fried breakfast to please a bacon-happy landlady ! |
| 22 | Is it that you prefer not to have to eat dinner with a wardrobe ? ’ |
| 23 | I should have preferred not to have to raise this matter in an Adjournment debate . |
| 24 | It is helpful for pupils not to have to look into bright light . |
| 25 | Melanie kept her eyes on the witch-ball so as not to have to look at Uncle Philip . |
| 26 | Ramsay had hoped not to have to bring this forward if it could be avoided . |
| 27 | It was relaxing for each not to have to strain for approval in the parade of love . |
| 28 | She seemed not to have to exert her vocal chords to extra volume . |
| 29 | She wanted to be able to sit there and be like them , to sit there and sip Coke and not to have to worry about whether she would laugh at the right moments . |
| 30 | Steven Isserlis has said that he needs ‘ a safety net not to have to worry whether I 've ever played this or that bar properly during the session and also someone who knows the kind of musical personality I am and whether I have covered a particular stretch of music the way I would want . |