Example sentences of "i [adv] need a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I badly need a drink and I need to talk to you . ’
2 I badly needed a holiday . ’
3 Sorry to sound a little perverse on that issue , but I , we really wanted to have a clear indication of what you felt as District Planning Officers , er an and indeed we 'll hear what the County feel and in fact have pursued through this alteration , but can I again , just for clarification , and in fact it 's a sort of final head count , er and again I raise this in the context of P P G three paragraph thirty three , and that is the degree of acceptability , or otherwise , by the local planning authorities , erm and I only need a nod from you , or otherwise , for the record .
4 I only need a bit .
5 With my new kidney scar , I only needed a hernia to link them up .
6 If you take these for a very long time you get a beard and a deep voice , but as I only needed a month 's supply I escaped such horrors .
7 I just need a bit of luck to get over that barrier .
8 I just need a bit of money to get a you know a bar of chocolate at work .
9 I just need a repeat prescription for Dianette please .
10 I just needed a day 's recovery .
11 I just needed a holiday .
12 I think I just needed a kick up the backside .
13 We wanted to go away together and I desperately needed a rest .
14 But , at that precise moment , that climax of black confusion and fear , I desperately needed a refuge .
15 I desperately needed a cup of coffee .
16 I still needed a lot of things .
17 ‘ I like having him at home , but I also need a day to myself now and again , just to be able to think my own thoughts . ’
18 Nigel was in Japan for a conference , and she and I both needed a bit of company .
19 Look mate , I really need a ticket fer the ol Leeds U-ni-ted match nex tewsdee .
20 I felt bad about the phone the other night but I was dropping with exhaustion — I really need a holiday — and the right kind of holiday ( which is a different kettle of fish , as it were ) .
21 And I really need a job that
22 I really needed a rest and my hope was to be fit for the start of the National League programme at the end of September , but I doubt if that will be the case .
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