Example sentences of "he need be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The candidate who brings his whole library to such an examination often fails : the facts that he needs are lost in a multitude of pages . |
| 2 | ‘ All he needs is someone to take care of him , ’ she would always say of Seth , but lately she had n't been so sure . |
| 3 | But I know , and you should know , that imagination is not what counts at this stage of a young man 's career ; what he needs is application , study , repetition , diligent imitation and sincere admiration of his peers . |
| 4 | It is more likely to increase his anger and feelings of rejection , just when what he needs is reassurance that you will still love him just as much . |
| 5 | ( b ) The election campaign It is not necessary for a candidate to have substantial support in order to stand ; all that he needs is the signature of 10 qualified electors . |
| 6 | Julie , 32 , said : ‘ All he needs is a candlestick and he 's a real-life Wee Willie Winkie . |
| 7 | All he needs is a little gentle guidance . |
| 8 | Then we thought it might have been something criminal — but Joe is clever enough to steer clear of anything illegal , the last think he needs is investigation by the police . |
| 9 | Once , as Minton walked past a queue of students waiting to enter a Royal College dance , Richard Chopping heard one remark , ‘ What he needs is a good kick up the arse . ’ |
| 10 | What he needs is practical help , not spiritual help . |
| 11 | What he needs is a transfusion . ’ |
| 12 | What he needs is his head examined ! ’ |
| 13 | All he needs is 13 hours of calm weather . |
| 14 | He said that what he needed was more contact with ordinary people . |
| 15 | He cast Nicholson in the lead role and all he needed was a female . |
| 16 | What he needed was a bit of luck on the roll . |
| 17 | He placed an old towel on the bathroom floor so that it would not get wet and he ensured that everything he needed was within reach so that he did not have to move from the spot and so drip water everywhere . |
| 18 | Now , the last thing he needed was sleep . |
| 19 | All he needed was a bow or a lyre . |
| 20 | Hunt knew he had the faster car ; what he needed was the opportunity . |
| 21 | All he needed was the go-ahead . |
| 22 | All he needed was the money and support and he could produce it for Argentina using local materials . |
| 23 | What he needed was someone to get him by the scruff of the neck , tell him a few home truths and offer emotional stability . |
| 24 | What he thought he needed was someone with the public fame to take over the leadership and to hold a candle to the great names of Lloyd George , Austen Chamberlain , Churchill , Birkenhead and Balfour . |
| 25 | Now much of the rest of the stone of the building also dates from the medieval period but in fact in the nineteenth century the building er was very popular as a church and the vicar at the time decided that what he needed was more space and so they knocked down virtually the whole building apart from the tower and the east erm erm window and rebuilt it to put in the er gallery at the level that we 're standing here . |
| 26 | All he needed was Richard Branson 's money . |
| 27 | The allegiance he needed was now to hand . |
| 28 | It might be the name of a character ( there was one already he was sure sounded familiar ; it was one of his bits of Evidence ) , it might be the description of a place or a sequence of events … all he needed was that Key . |
| 29 | She guessed what he needed was information , then money . |
| 30 | A commercial bank had turned down his application for a loan because he could not provide collateral and besides , the money he needed was ‘ too small ’ . |