Example sentences of "we [vb base] [adv] need " in BNC.
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1 | We do n't need pilots , we need telecottages . ’ |
2 | ‘ The crux of our argument is that we do n't need to have toxic wastes and the fact that plants like Rechem exist , providing easy options for companies , is acting as a disincentive for companies to clean up . ’ |
3 | He flatly rejected talks with the opposition , saying : ‘ We do n't need suggestions for the improvement of socialism that are really intended to cause its demise . ’ |
4 | We do n't need to compete like that . |
5 | Bless Marvin Gaye — but we do n't need him at the moment ! |
6 | ‘ And we do n't need more than two . ’ |
7 | ‘ One thing we do n't need in this subcontinent , ’ Professor Rokeya Kabeer observed , ‘ is spiritual guidance — we have gurus a dime a dozen . ’ |
8 | Maybe we do n't need them , what with Open Houses , New mums etc . |
9 | ‘ We do n't need papers any more , ’ he replied , rewarding the Palestinian with his familiar , mirthless smile . |
10 | ‘ We do n't need 'em . |
11 | If we do n't modernize we lose competitive edge and have to make men redundant , and if we do modernize we have to make men redundant because we do n't need 'em any more . ’ |
12 | We do n't need you . |
13 | Only thing we do n't need is 'possums . |
14 | Even in Europe we are setting aside whole farms for conservation because we do n't need the food and it rationalises the subsidy system . |
15 | So we do n't need to worry too much about the termites . |
16 | ‘ But we do n't need a fucking abortionist , ’ I 'd said , ‘ we want a bloody mid-wife . ’ |
17 | We do n't need ‘ em . |
18 | Those generous people at Trantec have told us we can give away the very S1000 we reviewed a couple of months back , and we do n't need telling twice … |
19 | ‘ We do n't need them , ’ snarled Angel . |
20 | In problem 2 , we want , and in addition we do n't need , since this is included in problem 1 . |
21 | We do n't need whining leftie bands like The Farm droning on about justice and equality now that Britain is such a wonderful place , where nobody sleeps in a cardboard box or goes hungry or gets busted for the colour of their skin or dies of hypothermia , where pigs fly and the sun always shines and where kids from council estates have just as much chance of becoming millionaires as — say — kids who inherit a million pounds from mummy and daddy . |
22 | It is a perverse practice to give us absurd , and even offensive , details that we do n't need , while omitting the crucial detail that we do . |
23 | The next election ( boundary changes aside ) is easily winnable on a normal swing : we do n't need any unworkable pacts , or unprincipled Heath Robinson PR systems . |
24 | We do n't need problems with the press at Heathrow , or anything like that . ’ |
25 | We do n't need to have their flair coached out of them . |
26 | ‘ We do n't need your help , ’ Charlotte retorted quickly . |
27 | We do n't need that length of time to realise that Edinburgh is , too . |
28 | In April 1968 , the reformer Ceauşescu told his Central Committee , ‘ We do n't need any idols … |
29 | ‘ We are in synch in terms of where we 're going , and we do n't need anybody else trying to change our views . ’ |
30 | ‘ Well , I suppose we do n't need a pram just yet . ’ |