Example sentences of "[pers pn] need [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | C.WHAT DO I NEED NOTES ON ? |
| 2 | Generally speaking , the answer to our question " What do I need notes on ? " depends upon two considerations : |
| 3 | I had heard Jean-Claude say that everything was cheap there , and I needed things for the attic . |
| 4 | I need visionaries to see opportunities , I need trailblazers for when an area takes off , I need a firm hand when it matures . |
| 5 | I need answers to these questions to be in a position to request formally of our governing board that you should be free to use the name ‘ Oxford ’ . |
| 6 | The next time he makes me stand in the rain when I need answers to questions , he may well be treated to a proverbial Glasgow kiss , but I do wish those who choose to criticise him ( and , given his superb all-round game , his one Major title does deserve scrutiny ) would give some consideration before they complain . |
| 7 | I need loads of food ! |
| 8 | I need interpreters in my surgery who can speak Punjabi , Urdu and Gujarati , otherwise I can not understand fully what my constituents are saying when they have complicated immigration problems . |
| 9 | ‘ Master Lieutenant , I need words with Sir Brian . |
| 10 | You needed snares for rabbits . |
| 11 | I was constantly surprised at the extent to which she needed explanations for even the most taken-for-granted aspects of junior school life . |
| 12 | They said Lucy could walk but she needed trees for protection and food . |
| 13 | The only reason I can see that you need players in the first teams is to see if they are playing well enough at a high level . |
| 14 | If you need resources on a Sale or Return basis for events you are running , please contact SCIAF |
| 15 | You need curtains for all four rooms . |
| 16 | If you need shots of Ana de Santis , get something worthwhile to show your readers . ’ |
| 17 | you get a War or MOD Disablement Pension and you need prescriptions for your accepted disability or |
| 18 | ‘ You need spears for those folk , ’ Hugh said . |
| 19 | ‘ You need spears for those folk , ’ Hugh said . |
| 20 | So , as far as you 're concerned , really you need outlets for your vegetables do you ? |
| 21 | What do we need targets for ? |
| 22 | Filming this silver-grey had been very exciting , but for the programme we needed shots of the more typical chocolate-coloured animal , too . |
| 23 | We need devices for locating the process in time and for indicating its own temporal character . |
| 24 | Erm we need things like that for windows and building bridges and things like that . |
| 25 | Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions . |
| 26 | The right hon. Member for Worthing ( Mr. Higgins ) seemed to think that somehow — I take issue with him , despite his great knowledge — it is because of a common currency that we need controls over public sector borrowing . |
| 27 | Is that the idea of Viva Hate ! that we need bigotries in order to make sense of the world , in order to act ? |
| 28 | King Agesilaus ' reaction in both cases was roughly ‘ Spartan interests , which are all that matters , mean that we need soldiers like that ’ : Xen . |
| 29 | Now , as will have been noticed , in all the examples I have given , one very crucial element has been missing to make the expressions grammatical as instances of standard English — we need determiners of some sort . |
| 30 | We need families for children of school age who find it difficult to trust grown-ups ; for children who have learning disabilities ; for children of various ethnic origins ; for children who have physical disabilities and groups of brothers and sisters . |