Example sentences of "do n't have to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that 's the best thing , yo you should n't er you do n't have to be aware . |
| 2 | Cutting bricks is another fault of Russ , it 's all commonsense actually if you think about it , I mean actually we 've drove round at night looking at people 's walls and things like that and some were absolutely appalling , they 've obviously paid money to have that done , so you , you , you can see it do n't have to be absolutely perfect |
| 3 | The first time a boy kissed her , she thought he was being charitable and told him he did n't have to . |
| 4 | You did n't have to be a client or a famous face to be on the receiving end . |
| 5 | You did n't have to be highly professional and experienced like a personnel manager has to be today . |
| 6 | You did n't have to be an angry young man to look around the car industry over the past few weeks and despair of ever hearing any good news . |
| 7 | Ghosts did n't have to be stupid and scary like in stories Mrs Mills read them . |
| 8 | He knew he did n't have to . |
| 9 | If I could think straight , if every scrap of attention did n't have to be focused on not falling , I could probably get nearer to knowing . |
| 10 | He did n't elaborate — but , for many observers , he did n't have to . |
| 11 | She was doing her best to be friendly , damn it , and she did n't have to . |
| 12 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 13 | Earlier , Dave McCullouch stated that , although this was always the case , it did n't have to be . |
| 14 | ‘ You did n't have to . ’ |
| 15 | It did n't have to be colourless , tasteless or odourless , it just had to be got , somehow or other , past Elinor 's front teeth , down her oesophagus and into her digestive system , even if to do so it should be necessary to hold her down and clamp a funnel between her jaws . |
| 16 | The electric commuter trains rattled past at frequent intervals while Nails mooched impatiently up and down , kicking an old tin can and wishing he did n't have to be dependent on a girl . |
| 17 | It did n't have to be for one slot , it did n't have to be in a particular form , it could be anything as long as it used the medium for visual ends . |
| 18 | It did n't have to be for one slot , it did n't have to be in a particular form , it could be anything as long as it used the medium for visual ends . |
| 19 | They did n't have to be . |
| 20 | Not arrest if you did n't have to . |
| 21 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 22 | These guys proved that synthesised music did n't have to be cold and aloof . |
| 23 | Of course , no government with half an eye on re-election would ever legalise anything it did n't have to . |
| 24 | In the event he did n't have to . |
| 25 | He must 've thought they were going to kill him , but that was why they did n't have to . |
| 26 | Sitting behind Eva and Dad in the car , watching their hands constantly fluttering towards each other , you did n't have to be a genius to see they were a couple . |
| 27 | They were narrowly beaten by a four-nation , eight-man team of elite males in Italy in a spectacle that proved you did n't have to be one of the team to enjoy the fun . |
| 28 | When news of the event reached the graveyard cottage Willie had overheard Tom muttering something to the effect that it was a wonder the tree did n't have to be taken too . |
| 29 | Release Slade In Flame now and show that big screen glam did n't have to be a total sham . |
| 30 | ‘ Did n't have to , ’ said Collins . |