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 .
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