Example sentences of "as if he need " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if he needed this quality of attention to be fixed upon him in order to be completely silent . |
| 2 | And at the cemetery the vicar , a man who looked as if he needed far more consolation than he would ever be capable of dispensing , had agreed to say a few words before Henry 's address . |
| 3 | But he did see that his usually tough , self-sufficient male parent was , for once , looking as if he needed bolstering up . |
| 4 | Erlich had the passenger seat as far back as it would go and he still shifted his weight about as if he needed another six inches of leg-room . |
| 5 | He felt as if he needed it . |
| 6 | Blanche looked at him as if he needed urgent psychiatric treatment . |
| 7 | Pickerage looked as if he needed it . |
| 8 | He had been fiercely possessive , racked by an agony of passionate wanting and yet somehow retaining sufficient control to assert his mastery , denying her fulfilment , waiting until she was almost weeping with desire , as if he needed to hear her husky throbbing pleas confirming his dominion in the relationship . |
| 9 | A moment later she felt his finger and thumb at either side of her elbow pinching like a vice as if he needed to punish her physically . |
| 10 | It sounded as if he needed another pair of hands for the trip ahead — which was another reprieve so far as Robbie was concerned . |
| 11 | God is never spoken of as if he needs to be reconciled to us . |
| 12 | ‘ He looks as if he needs a drink , ’ said Nicholas , planing his voice into a gentle neutral tone . |