Example sentences of "[pron] needed more time " in BNC.

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1 She needed more time — time to think , time to weigh up the consequences .
2 It became clear that we needed more time and more study before we could support both Conrad 's ( 1979 ) and Meadow 's ( 1980 ) conclusions that deaf children need the early support of speech-based signing .
3 THE simultaneous publication by national newspapers of a common code of practice and declaration of principles was postponed last night after the chairman and editors of Express Newspapers decided that they needed more time to examine the proposals .
4 She wanted to explain that they needed more time but of course there was n't more time , not immediate time .
5 He felt that Balbinder needed to work slowly and not be pushed — he needed more time and specific help to speak in sentences .
6 Officially he had recovered nicely from the shock of his experience , but his sister thought he needed more time : she was mothering him .
7 Lacking political support , Collor turned to the courts to question the legality of the impeachment process while claiming that he needed more time to prepare his defence against the corruption charges .
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