Example sentences of "needed [prep] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They drank the Coca-Cola and Timothy consumed the Worthington E , saying it was just what he needed after being on the sauce the night before . |
| 2 | It may have been the job of the think-tank to think the unthinkable , but such discussion needed to be on the basis of informed examination . |
| 3 | The finance minister , Mr Tatsuo Murayama , did not go to the G-1 meeting in Washington last week because he needed to be on hand in Tokyo in case the scandal blew up . |
| 4 | As head of Section D , he needed to be on call twenty-four hours a day and besides the normal phone had a secure line routed directly to his office . |
| 5 | She needed to be on her own . |
| 6 | She needed to be on her own . |