Example sentences of "[vb past] they need [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the latest they were called to the home of a man in his early 20s in Frenchgate , Richmond , but found they needed more equipment so took him back to the Richmond Fire Station and released the cuffs with a hacksaw and vice .
2 Now , for the first time , they found they needed large numbers of new people , with new skills , and they needed them quickly .
3 When she found a lot more shoots in different places , she decided they needed more air and light , so she began to pull out the thick grass around them .
4 Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in .
5 Talk of a pre-emptive Israeli strike against the missiles meant the Saudis felt they needed stronger air defences to guard the missiles … and so the British arms sellers moved in .
6 They both knew what they had to do , and how hard it was going to be to escape ; they knew they needed each other .
7 Charlton 's excellent win still left them needing two victories from their last to games to be certain of left a play-off place .
8 In a statement the W.Midlands Regional Health Authority said they needed vacant possession for the property to be handed over to a private housebuilder for development .
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