Example sentences of "[prep] needing to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professional interpreters and translators are not alone in needing to be able to display bilingual skills : teachers , businesspeople , administrators , welfare service personnel and trade unionists are going to want such skills , but none more so , perhaps , than those who train language teachers . |
| 2 | Mornings had indeed developed into quite a happy routine of little errands and duties for Aunt Emily , the hens and the sea ; and if she felt now , as quite often she did , an incomprehensible longing for something wilder and freer and more satisfying than this domestic round , she put it down to needing to be in the open air more and gave herself , next morning , a longer spell on the smooth buff sands of the bay . |
| 3 | Of course you have to take into account the basic personality of the patient ; some will tell all without needing to be questioned , others need tact , diplomacy and perseverance to get any symptoms from them . |
| 4 | A program knowing something about people 's typical behaviour in restaurants is able to infer ( without needing to be explicitly told ) that if John asked for the bill and then left , he probably paid the bill before leaving . |
| 5 | As a result they may always be hard up without needing to be . |
| 6 | He decided what he wanted and others — regardless of sex — followed his lead , without needing to be bossed . |
| 7 | But would n't a man of any sensitivity have attempted to check with her , would n't he have assumed that , without needing to be told ? |
| 8 | Without needing to be told , I knew I had reached Frankenstein 's secret laboratory ! |
| 9 | He 'd taken one look at her ashen face , and steered her out of the swirling throngs of people without needing to be asked . |
| 10 | That in its turn means people feel empowered to take initiatives themselves without needing to be told what to do . |
| 11 | I think she is a little irritated at needing to be worried . |
| 12 | Because nobody understands us , and we hate ourselves for needing to be understood . |
| 13 | When released from prison he shows how he relied on others , by needing to be with the church after release from prison rather than going off and licking his wounds by himself . |