Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [adv] need " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you see we do n't really need a chainsaw do we ? |
| 2 | She did not even need to cook since she lived on bread and melon and tomatoes , lacking the energy and appetite to bother with anything else and having only herself to consider . |
| 3 | McIllvanney did not even need to think about his answer , but just shook his head . |
| 4 | He did not even need to cross the pond . |
| 5 | Harry did not even need to ask the questions before Ockleton supplied the answers . |
| 6 | That system did not even need the Roman aqueduct ; it managed the flow of water on Archimedean principles , which was even more remarkable . |
| 7 | ‘ The man did not desperately need the money . |
| 8 | No hostage was released , the excuse given by Ghorbanifar being that Iran did not really need the TOW missiles so they were not counted in the exchange deal . |
| 9 | So obvious is this problem that it did not really need a questionnaire to highlight it . |
| 10 | In the next example the boys , with the pedal car , had already made their decision on size and did not really need the teacher to question them about it , but they were obviously quite used to talking with her . |
| 11 | But perhaps Mains did not really need to polish up his public relations , but simply to brush aside some of the habits , and myths about his early career . |
| 12 | The idea of Kevin 's rewarding him for his prowess with a real lunch somewhere acted as a spur to Jasper , but he did not really need a spur . |
| 13 | She did not really need to ask herself the question . |
| 14 | For the first few weeks I enjoyed being able to go out at the weekends , to buy trendy clothes and other things that I did not really need or appreciate . |
| 15 | Voting did not therefore need to be repeated in two polling areas , as the Constitutional Court had ordered in the event that the necessary documentation could not be obtained by the Murcia court . |
| 16 | Edwin did not apparently need to think of them and rose to go . |
| 17 | Such harassment did not always need a fighting patrol 's strength : Lieutenant J.A . |
| 18 | However , do not do this until you have checked that you do not also need to increase GBLSECTIONS and/or GBLPAGES . |
| 19 | What this analysis indicates , however , is that cost accountants do not just need to improve their product-costing , vital though that is for strategic decisions . |
| 20 | You do not even need anything as obvious as a party to start you on this slippery slope . |
| 21 | Haulage contracts do not even need to be in writing . |
| 22 | An object-oriented parallel operating system that is completely portable between all widely used processors , so much so that applications do not even need to be recompiled is the creation of a British company — Tao Systems Ltd of Belsize Park , London NW — which has substantial financial backing from Japan . |
| 23 | They do not even need a basic social work qualification . |
| 24 | An object-oriented parallel operating system that is completely portable between all widely used processors , so much so that applications do not even need to be recompiled is the creation of a British company — Tao Systems Ltd of Belsize Park , London NW — which has substantial financial backing from Japan . |
| 25 | Sometimes we do not even need to provide a substitute for a word or phrase which has already been said . |
| 26 | We do not even need to be able to measure the somewhat esoteric concept of surplus , since it is always a one-way reduction . |
| 27 | The C.U.S.C. is a museum aimed at students and you do not even need to go along to see what they have as there is a catalogue at school . |
| 28 | Other contacts such as schoolfriends and workmates are only very rarely at higher risk and do not normally need special treatment or investigation . |
| 29 | The majority of these operate ‘ bussing routes ’ so that the expatriate families do not necessarily need to live close to the school itself but may choose to live along the school bus route , over a wider area of the capital . |
| 30 | If you are the number one in the market and have the strongest brands it could be argued that you do not necessarily need to have the strongest people ! |