Example sentences of "[vb past] n't have [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't have to do a thing , they just took over . ’ |
| 2 | I did n't have to do a thing . |
| 3 | She did n't have to do a lot to get results . |
| 4 | Yes , but you did n't have to do the work of the departments . |
| 5 | Their grandparents had made the lounge into a bedroom so that Grandad did n't have to do the stairs with his bad legs and a bedroom had been turned into a sitting room and furnished with a table , chairs and sideboard that her parents had acquired when they got married though they had no house to put it in . |
| 6 | One horseman revealed that he could jade a horse standing , say , on the sandy apron outside an Inn simply by walking round him and unobtrusively dropping one of the obnoxious powders in the sand , especially in front of him : ‘ You did n't have to touch the horse , but that would stop him . ’ |
| 7 | did n't have to answer the questions |
| 8 | I did n't have to mention the flaps for sticking it together . |
| 9 | Okay , so he was a porter , low man in the hierarchy , but this was the kind of time when the barriers went down and he did n't have to wear a label . |
| 10 | He had n't shaved before coming on duty but then he did n't have to shave every day yet . |
| 11 | She thanked God that they did n't have to use the shower where Forster lay . |
| 12 | If she did n't stop to rest she did n't have to think and if she did n't think she did n't have to feel and if she did n't have to feel she did n't have to grieve the death of her husband . |
| 13 | Customers and journalists did n't have to take the company 's word for it . |
| 14 | At least , looking on the bright side , he did n't have to take the shots himself . |
| 15 | Then she found that she did n't have to say a word for , his expression the harshest she had ever seen it , Ven was wasting no further time , but was letting forth with a snarled , ‘ Just who the hell are you ? ’ |
| 16 | I 'm a bit less pissed off about selling Batty now since a ) we did n't loose on Saturday ; b ) Rocky played well ( I bet he 's been given a run in the 1st team and a confidence boost with it ) ; c ) I heard Batty saying things like ‘ he did n't have to sell the club ( rovers ) to me ’ , with no hint of remorse at leaving Leeds . |
| 17 | I thanked Paul 's wife for doing all the cooking , whereupon she remarked that she did n't mind because it meant that she did n't have to watch the Trek videos or play the games . |
| 18 | If so then it 's hardly surprising you did n't have to cancel a date tonight . ’ |
| 19 | After haggling with the airline official and trying to make sure that I did n't have to pay the charges with foreign currency , the woman in charge suddenly said : ‘ All right , pay in Iraqi dinars ! ’ |
| 20 | did n't have to pay the costs , it did n't really arise |
| 21 | At dinner that night we were discussing the whole affair and I said : " Oh well , you ca n't make an omelette without breaking some eggs , " which led to the classic retort from Ed Prior , my engineer : " Yes , but you did n't have to break the whisk ! " |
| 22 | She did n't have to tell the girl . |
| 23 | Er and the result was that the heavy casting you know , did n't have to travel the system had to be monitored correctly , you had to see that fair play er was the order of the day both in respect of the member and indeed the management to try and reach a er an agreement . |
| 24 | To be a Met Assistant you did n't have to understand the reason why the weather did this or that , you only had to record what was happening and make sure the officer in charge knew what was going on . |
| 25 | Davey and I were lucky : we did n't have to share a room . |
| 26 | Hydra was a stop on the way to Athens , though one did n't have to catch the Athens boat to go there , as there were often calques doing the run . |
| 27 | Ken Vasey did n't have to make a save in the first half , did n't really have to did n't give Charlton a chance , and even in the second half when Charlton came forward more and more , they did n't really have any chances erm one that Lee volleyed over the bar , one that was headed over the crossbar , and the chance that went in the net , so they still did n't have many chances , but erm United somehow erm construed to drop two points , and erm yes , dreadfully disappointing . |
| 28 | Er Ministers are often in a very grave difficulty these days , if they do n't listen er er they 're accused o o of being autocratic , i i if they do listen , er then they 're accused of making u-turns , well even the gathering swine did n't have to make a u-turn , a change of direction would have been quite sufficient and I welcome the change of direction which the Home Secretary ha has made erm the objectives of this Bill are I think to be commended , but it is be perfectly clear from the outset that you ca n't combat crime by antagonising everyone concerned with the enforcement of law and order , the police authorities , the police and the magistrates . |
| 29 | ‘ He did n't have to make a fuss of Steve before the game — he knew he was capable . ’ |
| 30 | But I was on medical and BUPA hospitals had special arrangements where they did n't have to have a cheque and where did n't have to have a banker 's order . |