Example sentences of "but [pron] need [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He does not greatly care for it , but I need its solitude if I am to accomplish what I am about . ’ |
| 2 | But I need them ! |
| 3 | So she said it would n't be done till tomorrow morning , but I need something , |
| 4 | slim , I 'm still involved with the prison service thing but I need something else |
| 5 | bits and pieces but I need something else of the same size , you know |
| 6 | Might deal with this present moment , but I need something for tomorrow , and the next day , and week next week , and next year . |
| 7 | ‘ But I need her here , husband . |
| 8 | I 've given it up but I need one now . ’ |
| 9 | Dumas grew jealous of the workmanship and insisted on the Bey lending him the best craftsmen , saying ‘ you need that room only after your death , but I need your craftsmen while I am alive ’ . |
| 10 | The teacher ( in role ) will be the Pied Piper , but s/he wants the class to have a say in the characterisation — so the children " construct " the character : perhaps Teacher : In the drama I 'll play the Pied Piper , but I need your help . |
| 11 | Briefly , it 's that Spartan streak which I 've spoken of before … but I need you , darling , both physically and spiritually , and particularly the latter , though they 're both mixed up . |
| 12 | Oh but I need you to tell him because of he 'll , he 'll wan na he 'll wan na talk to me . |
| 13 | ‘ I should n't think so , ’ he said , ‘ not all of it , but I need it too and can write if off as expenses . ’ |
| 14 | But I need it this morning for a meeting … |
| 15 | But I need it as well . |
| 16 | Ok , sorry dad , but I need it in . |
| 17 | But I need it . |
| 18 | But I need his help more in maths . |
| 19 | Climbing roses are always popular for cladding arches , but you need plenty of headroom , with uprights for enough apart for thorns not to be a problem . |
| 20 | Erm one of the best known commentators on the American president , a man called Richard Newstat er who 's occasionally known as Mr Williams because he 's married to er Shirley Williams a clapped-out Social Democratic politician of er yesteryear , erm Richard Newstat once said , well once said many things but er on this particular occasion said that er if you want to know what presidential power is , it is simply the power to persuade and that er when you look for er an American president what you need to look for er is not somebody who is clear minded , far sighted and so on but you need somebody who has the capacity the skill , the talent , to persuade other people to do what he wants them to do . |
| 21 | But you need somebody higher up |
| 22 | It 's not just the cooking , I mean he can cook , but you need somebody else to say , what are we going to have and either go and buy it or this and that and |
| 23 | But you need you need to be practising a lot of things now . |
| 24 | Ah but you need it . |
| 25 | but you need it I do n't |
| 26 | Once you work it out you can do it but you need your tables to do that . |
| 27 | The CP may be in paralysis , but we need its support if we are to salvage the potential for a broad-based , not half-baked , campaign that survives until this wretched tax is repealed . |
| 28 | But we need something to power of appeals . |
| 29 | Er where is it on that but we need something is it tonight we look at Compo Yeah . |
| 30 | ‘ You have your petition — ‘ We have that , but we need our safety and liberty as well . |