Example sentences of "he [verb] [not/n't] have [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And Rab , he did not have to take this snash , she was supposed to get him better .
2 Ellen was showing Rickie Crowninshield all the elaborate electronic toys that only Ellen wholly understood ; the radios , radars , weatherfaxes and satellite receivers , and Rickie was being surprisingly attentive , but as soon as he saw me he scowled and clamped a pair of headphones over his ears as though to make sure that he did not have to hold any kind of conversation with me .
3 The bishops and abbots were appointed by the monarch , and he was free to choose whom he would ; he did not have to accept hereditary succession , as in other royal offices , such as the dukedoms .
4 It is not known when he died but one hopes that he did not have to endure such a miserable existence for many years .
5 That dodgy , he did n't have to say that !
6 He did n't have to say those last few words .
7 He did n't have to put new piping in did he , I understand , it 's an awful lot of money .
8 He did n't have to do that , but what he said was true .
9 He did n't have to do that , ’ I said , squeezing past her and on to the next flight of stairs to my flat .
10 I know somebody here who got very good marks for his lab work and he 's good on computers , and he just programmed the computers in random errors and stuff that give him set results and nice graphs , and they were n't perfect so nobody noticed them , but he fiddled them , and that way he did n't have to do any lab work if he did n't want to .
11 he did n't have to have one of these .
12 End of the day and if you do n't let him in , he do n't have to have any
13 ( p93 ) It would appear that as long as the buyer communicates the purpose for which the goods are required , he does not have to specify all of the particular applications so long as they fall within the scope of normal purpose .
14 RICHARD Gere is desperate to have children so long as he does not have to change any nappies .
15 And if the shopkeeper uses our service all the time he does n't have to carry any stock .
16 And if he does n't have to carry any stock what does that mean with th er in terms of his capital being tied up .
17 Maureen , of Mendip Grove , Darlington , said : ’ As far as I know he does n't have to do much on stage and I 'm keeping my fingers crossed he 'll behave himself . ’
18 He does n't have to do this , ’ she 'd said .
19 He does n't have to break any ice because they 're all pals .
20 He does n't have to pass this way to go to the shops .
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