Example sentences of "and [pers pn] need [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | and I needed these special speakers . |
2 | ‘ As human beings , ’ he tells his RAF liaison officer Group Captain Lionel Mandrake , ‘ you and I need fresh pure water to replace our precious bodily fluids . ’ |
3 | The 23-year-old 's weight has fallen by more than 3st through eating difficulties — and she needs sustained medical treatment . |
4 | It was simply that we were shooting the picture down in Brighton on the front to a large extent and on the rubbish dump , I remember , which we turned into the fields of northern France , and we needed that terrible phrase from the First World War , cannon fodder . |
5 | The economy is in a perilous state and we needed some imaginative changes . |
6 | Nevertheless , it 's a major obstacle to much of the inward investment that is needed here and we need substantial inward investment . |
7 | Up the sharp end when all their clever ideas came unstuck and they needed some poor mug to stick them back together again . |
8 | But these are expensive inputs and they need some skilled workers to control their use . |
9 | It costs thousands of pounds ( a recent acquisition of a mainframe computer by a polytechnic cost £300 , OOO ) and it needs dedicated professional staff to operate and maintain it . |