Example sentences of "did not need a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not like to think of McAllister alone with her , but that was stupid — McAllister was no concern of his , and surely did not need a battered doctor to look out for her . |
| 2 | I did not need a vast beacon lit on a hilltop . |
| 3 | Victorine protested that she did not need a new scarf and that green was not her colour . |
| 4 | It could be used in sieges ; it was valuable when used in the open by a lightly armed foot solder ; likewise , a mounted archer , who did not need a first-class horse to ride , could prove to be a very mobile and effective combatant . |
| 5 | He will recall that , when British Rail proposed that Waterloo should be the first channel tunnel station , not only did it say that one station was sufficient and that it did not need a second one but , in the case which it put to the House of Lords during the discussions , it said specifically that King 's Cross was not an appropriate location for a second station . |
| 6 | Tanya Frost , of Lily 's Beauty Parlour , decided Norma 's fine , clear skin did not need a heavy foundation . |
| 7 | Iraq did not need a nuclear device , because it already had stocks of binary chemical weapons and , he went on , any country which threatened Iraq with an atomic bomb would be " annihilated " by the chemicals . |
| 8 | It did n't need a Russian scholar to understand that the bald man was claiming that the documents and the guns were for him , only food and drink for the ‘ businessmen ’ . |
| 9 | I said we did n't need a strong fence as the one tree that could fall on it already had . |
| 10 | With something as desirable as the Bölkow 207 , I did n't need a second offer , and on a thunderstorm-laden day ‘ TE turned finals onto Bourn 's Runway 19 to rendezvous with an eager air-tester and an equally impatient photographer . |
| 11 | Isabel did n't need a second invitation , quickly finding the meat and dividing it between them . |
| 12 | When grandfather died the farmer had allowed my grandmother and her two sons , still in their teens , to stay on in the cottage because he did n't need a new grieve ; he had an unmarried son in the big farmhouse , ready to take on the job . |
| 13 | She did n't need a single second . |
| 14 | I certainly did n't need a nubile young beauty cavorting among some of my best business contacts . ’ |