StringNet search result

Example sentences of "[pron] need [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I need scarcely say that The Quarterly Review is one of the most profitable periodicals in England , and one of one 's best ‘ connections ’ , or sources of income .
2	If I need any help , I 'll call you . "
3	‘ George Courtney is special and sent me a letter congratulating me and saying if I need any help , just to give him a ring .
4	I need more sleep than that . ’
5	‘ I need more wind . ’
6	But now I need more land . ’
7	‘ I need more control .
8	I need only quote from a few Welsh Office publications :
9	learned contributions have been made , and in that connection , I need only refer to some which are part of the appendices for the case before you today , notedly the contribution made following recent research by Mrs on archaeological matters of significance to this particular area .
10	If I want a charity to benefit by 100 and I am paying tax at 30 per cent , I need only give up 70 .
11	I need only note that my country was left defenceless in Costa Rica ’ ( Fidel Castro : 1972 , p. 49 ) .
12	After all , I need only find out the day of the proper train and waylay you again on the platform . ’
13	As this turns up later in the memoir , I need only report that , out of dissatisfaction , I scrapped the manuscript more than once , and therefore I did not show it to Eliot just then .
14	I do not have to speak to people on my side of the political and philosophical fence to understand what a minimum wage policy would cost ; I need only listen to Gavin Laird of the Amalgamated Engineering Union and read in the Library the works of the Fabian Society and , on Sundays , The People .
15	‘ That is another and quite separate development , whose importance and urgency I need hardly stress .
16	‘ Adjudicator Bishop , I need hardly remind you that so far your case list borders upon the ludicrous : one accident , possibly murder ; one suicide , possibly murder ; one disaster , possibly mass murder .
17	I need hardly remind you of the many emergencies that Save The Children has responded to in recent years .
18	We er er erm in this country have a very bitter experience with B C C I , it was n't just the knock it took to the regulatory system but I need hardly remind this house there are thousands of people who lost everything they had and that and there are many people who lost everything they had and feel that this house has not taken their concern seriously and it 's something the minister must show that the government is willing to pursue these matters , even if it means introducing primary legislation .
19	‘ I need hardly tell you , ’ he continued in his dry voice , ‘ what a blow you dealt to she who cared so much for your welfare .
20	( I need hardly add that , at the time , I noticed none of them . )
21	I need hardly add that this is the view held by Dr McNab . "
22	I need hardly add that men should remember the importance of regular haircuts .
23	All expenses paid , I need hardly add , and of course , this will mean that should you er , get through to the final , you will need to do an audition , live on air , in the day or two before Christmas .
24	I assure you that now I am completely grown-up — though Daddy does n't seem to think so , I need hardly add .
25	How I welcomed Night Duty , I need hardly say .
26	As regards the anatomical studies of late times , with very varied utilization of the microscope , and the otherwise greatly improved means of minute structural investigation , I need hardly say that , by them during the last thirty years , great parts of the science of disease have been completely transfigured .
27	" They 're in a bit of a twitch over there , I need hardly say . "
28	They were immensely reassured , I need hardly say . "
29	I need hardly say that my wife 's first impression of Lewis differed somewhat from my own .
30	I should have to examine the whole state of the law as to , and the history of the subject of , consideration , which , I need hardly say , I do not propose to do .