Example sentences of "he needs a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sounds like he needs a kick up the arse . |
| 2 | I want to know how he 's doing in general and where he needs a bit of encouragement . |
| 3 | Here 's Jochim He needs a bit of help here Cooper breathing down his neck . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's leaking from the abdomen — I think he needs a bit of surgical attention . ’ |
| 5 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 6 | It has come into my mind that he needs a wife , one of his own kind , to keep him company . |
| 7 | If some sheikh wants a son and he needs a push from technology , he sends over a couple of wives and a bottle of frogspawn . |
| 8 | George Jamison , 45 , has been told by specialists he needs a triple-bypass . |
| 9 | ‘ He looks as if he needs a drink , ’ said Nicholas , planing his voice into a gentle neutral tone . |
| 10 | He needs a drink . |
| 11 | ‘ Ring me tomorrow , ’ she grinned , and , handing him Azor 's lead , ‘ He needs a drink , ’ she told him , and to Azor , ‘ Goodbye , you lovely darling , ’ she crooned . |
| 12 | Ol' Turry 's back and this time there 'll be trouble , 'coz he 's what 's known in the trade as a fruit-and-nut case ( he needs a check-up from the neck up ) . |
| 13 | He needs a confession , and attempts to gain one by offering the same deal to each prisoner . |
| 14 | . So he needs a fitter desperately . |
| 15 | He needs a contact — someone who can listen and not be noticed , someone whose presence is unremarked . |
| 16 | ‘ For one thing she thinks he needs a rest and the children will be very disappointed . ’ |
| 17 | He does n't need a new program , he needs a course on relaxation . |
| 18 | — The right hon. Gentleman does not need a fig leaf to protect himself against my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover , he needs a suit of armour . |
| 19 | He needs a holiday — you both do — and I saw this as a way to ensure that you could get regular time off in the future . ’ |
| 20 | For this he needs a computer at his home with a large storage capacity , and the ESRC project has been able to provide this . |
| 21 | It 's always been quite hard getting Oliver up to this end of town — he jokingly claims he needs a passport and an interpreter . |
| 22 | If he needs a leg-up to get on a flipping horse … ! ’ |
| 23 | He is able to render in a " compact " phrase " rivers shrunken " , but has to render expansively , as " pass … and travel to the sea " ( much like Old Father Thames ) , simply because he needs a rhyme for " tree " . |
| 24 | If he 's the murderer , he won ‘ t kill me because he needs a scapegoat ; and if he is n't , he won ‘ t kill me either because he 's got no reason to . |
| 25 | If boyfriend Ken wants to gaze into their depths , he needs a lift shaft even to get close . |
| 26 | ‘ He needs a lot of leg and seat but try to keep your hand light . |
| 27 | He needs a lot of encouragement . |
| 28 | He needs a lot of help . |
| 29 | Malcolm added : ‘ They said he needs a lot of love and affection and we 've got bags of that . ’ |
| 30 | He needs a jolt . |