Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How do you know a car killed it ? |
| 2 | I DID N'T need a survey to tell me that women are messier in cars than men . |
| 3 | You will need a rope to lower them to the ground as they are heavy — throwing them down is dangerous . |
| 4 | You 'd need a psychiatrist to help you recover from her . ’ |
| 5 | And I 'll need a taxi to take me to the airport . |
| 6 | ‘ But I do n't need a knife to finish you off ! ’ |
| 7 | But you see we do n't really need a chainsaw do we ? |
| 8 | I have also enclosed a FREEPOST envelope so you do not need a stamp to return it . |
| 9 | It is to be hoped that we will not need a scandal to bring it about . |
| 10 | ‘ The fact that the Department had , in effect , advised the partnership that it did not need a licence made it difficult for the Department to point a finger of blame at them , ’ says Sir Anthony . |
| 11 | Wise move : Breeders of barn owls will need a licence to release them into the wild from January to stop them being freed into unsuitable areas ill equipped for life in the wild . |
| 12 | Anyone who has got as far as saying this , has already thrown the first proposition overboard , because if it is ‘ the responsibility of management to do everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce prices ’ , then we would not need a commission to tell us that managements which raise prices are falling down on their responsibility . |
| 13 | A glance through any of the larger component catalogues will show that the number of different components currently in use is so large that even if you could afford to buy one or two of everything , you would need a warehouse to store it all . |
| 14 | The service elements of the job fall into two categories — those that are routine and mundane and do not need a doctor to carry them out , and those that are essentially the front line services for health delivery in our hospitals . |
| 15 | He would need a doctor to tell him if she had been violated , but there was no indication of it , not even a bruise on an arm where a strong hand might have held her . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't need a doctor to tell me that . |
| 17 | ‘ Carrie , I do n't need a baby to give me a reason for marrying you . |
| 18 | When it was pointed out that he would need a telescope to see it from there , he replied that being an ex-naval man , he never looked at anything without the use of a telescope . |
| 19 | They were ‘ dwarfs ’ at 5′ 8″ and were disparagingly said to ‘ need a helmet to help them appear big enough ’ . |
| 20 | You may also need a solicitor to defend you before a VAT tribunal or to fight tax assessment . |
| 21 | Of course there are songs like ‘ Territorial Pissings ’ and ‘ Stay Away ’ , which burn like drag-racers and would need a parachute to bring them to a halt , but you expect that . |
| 22 | So obvious is this problem that it did not really need a questionnaire to highlight it . |
| 23 | This can include a reluctance to ask them to visit , or to come for a meal and even the fear , felt by some women , that a grieving woman may attract their own husbands . |
| 24 | On the other hand , it is my opinion that when a decision-making body is called upon to reach a decision which arises out of the relationship between two persons or firms , only one of whom is directly under the control of the decision-making body , and it is apparent that the decision will be likely to affect the second person adversely , then as a general proposition the decision-making body does owe some duty of fairness to that second person , which , in appropriate circumstances , may well include a duty to allow him to make representations before reaching the decision . |
| 25 | The army must include a General to lead it . |
| 26 | The army must include a General to lead it . |
| 27 | He can not forbid the Common Law Courts to try an action ; but he can forbid a man to bring it , or to go on with it , or to take advantage of the judgement which he has got , and can put him in prison if he does not obey . |
| 28 | You will need an oilstone to keep them sharp . |
| 29 | I 've removed it and it 's certainly lead , but you 'll need an expert to tell you that it 's a .22 . ’ |
| 30 | It 'll need an army to shift it ! ’ |