Example sentences of "did [adv] have [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , by contrast , did not have to return the money they had received in compensation from the Republic . |
| 2 | She said people did not have to view the show if they were likely to find it offensive and while she found some photographs disturbing they should still be shown so people could form their own opinions . |
| 3 | The three birds in the ‘ opened ’ treatment that drunk the milk in the training session did not have to open the container . |
| 4 | One did not have to oppose the war to oppose its consequences ; and there was nothing in the least unpatriotic about the demands for ‘ equality of sacrifice ’ . |
| 5 | With 49.45 per cent of the vote , Herenton fell just short of an actual plurality , but did not have to undergo a runoff election as required in the past . |
| 6 | As Professor Landes has pointed out , the tolerance of non-factory employers depended on the fact that they did not have to take the running or fixed costs of machinery into account . |
| 7 | In Breen v. Amalgamated Engineering Union a majority of the Court of Appeal held that a disciplinary committee of a trade union did not have to tell a shop steward why they had refused to endorse his election , and in McInnes v. Onslow-Fane it was held that the council of the Boxing Board of Control did not have to give an applicant for a manager 's licence an outline of their objections to him . |
| 8 | He had the good grace to apologise afterwards and I also expressed my gratitude that I did not have to wait an hour or so until the training was finished before I could obtain his team and get busy . |
| 9 | A choice between debt and equity was made on the assumption that this choice did not have to stand the test of time . |
| 10 | In Breen v. Amalgamated Engineering Union a majority of the Court of Appeal held that a disciplinary committee of a trade union did not have to tell a shop steward why they had refused to endorse his election , and in McInnes v. Onslow-Fane it was held that the council of the Boxing Board of Control did not have to give an applicant for a manager 's licence an outline of their objections to him . |
| 11 | It did not have to have a name . |
| 12 | People did not have to face the problem alone as they do so often when it comes to social security benefit cuts . |
| 13 | Since central government had always paid for new building , local districts and services did not have to face the cost of using buildings and capital , and hence tended to waste space and capital assets . |
| 14 | The assassin did not have to enter the room and , in killing Cosmas , destroyed all the evidence except for that small scorch mark on the other side of the door . ’ |
| 15 | Linda received a liver from another child so surgeons did not have to cut an adult liver to size . |
| 16 | Darlington appeal co-ordinator Michelle Le-Neveu said donations did not have to cost a lot but should be high in nutrition like tinned fish or meat . |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't have to do a thing , they just took over . ’ |
| 18 | I did n't have to do a thing . |
| 19 | She did n't have to do a lot to get results . |
| 20 | Yes , but you did n't have to do the work of the departments . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He had n't shaved before coming on duty but then he did n't have to shave every day yet . |
| 24 | She thanked God that they did n't have to use the shower where Forster lay . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Customers and journalists did n't have to take the company 's word for it . |
| 27 | 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 ? ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | If so then it 's hardly surprising you did n't have to cancel a date tonight . ’ |
| 30 | 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 ! " |