Example sentences of "need n't [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Y y you need n't lock your door up in those days you could leave your door open , and they 'd come and knock on your door and anybody in and I , I do n't think we ever had a key to our front door , but er no they were very friendly and there used to be an old midwife , Mrs her name was the , she used to charge half a crown for a birth . |
| 2 | Mr is very different we must all be protected , I 've worked out my bill as the same as this year because no way shall I spend seventeen and a half percent more money I shall be as careful as I can and I sha n't starve and I sha n't get cold now I 've worked out that the V A T on my fuel bill is eight hundred and eighty five pounds , I 'd delighted if Mr could perform the trick and I need n't pay it , on behalf of the Duke of Westminster , the Duke of Rutland , I think I can also thank him . |
| 3 | Well , you 'll just have to put your overwhelming sex drive on hold for a while , wo n't you , because you need n't expect me to cater for your needs . ’ |
| 4 | If Nicky Scott Wilson wanted to keep his life secret , that was fine by her ; but he need n't expect her to be a part of it , in that case . |
| 5 | We , we need n't do it , it just seems to me that it would be |
| 6 | No , you need n't do anything except come back in and write your report . |
| 7 | You need n't do anything horrid to them , terrible ! |
| 8 | Both the alternative development possibilities suggested appear to be attractive , but you need n't restrict yourself to them alone . |
| 9 | ‘ You need n't wash it , leave it to soak . ’ |
| 10 | Now he had gone up she need n't modify her actions to spare his feelings . |
| 11 | Oh that need n't prevent you from backing in er backing into it when he turns round . |
| 12 | But she would show him , he need n't think she would n't . |
| 13 | Clare 's partner was a just-divorced man who talked endlessly about ‘ that bitch who need n't think she has a free meal ticket for life ’ , then took Clare to dance at Annabel 's , London 's most expensive new nightclub . |
| 14 | You need n't think I 'd have come to see you in Brixton . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not giving you a divorce so you need n't think I am . ’ |
| 16 | He need n't think I 'm going roller-skating . |
| 17 | He said , " You need n't think I 'm just going to give up , that I 'm just going to take their word for it ! " |
| 18 | You need n't think you 're getting away with a thing . |
| 19 | You need n't think you can keep your job with IMP either . |
| 20 | But I sha n't let it lie , she need n't think it . |
| 21 | Carrie said , ‘ I 'll not stay where I 'm not wanted so you need n't think it ! ’ mimicking Hepzibah in a determined mood , and Albert laughed briefly . |
| 22 | Nothing has changed ; he need n't think it has ; I do n't want to hear or see anything of him or his father — ever . |
| 23 | ‘ Well he need n't think he 'll get away . |
| 24 | He need n't think he was going to be allowed to wander . |
| 25 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
| 26 | I am entitled to an apology from Mrs Rogers for her defamatory letter , but knowing her erratic behaviour , through the pages of the News , I need n't hold my breath . |
| 27 | Dark , malevolent and powerful , MESSIAH are proof that a murky goth past need n't hold you back in the dance arena . |
| 28 | ‘ At least you need n't blame yourself for that . ’ |
| 29 | Or main meals , no but he can have that on the twenty five he need n't give me anything extra for that . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps we need n't bother him at all . |