Example sentences of "they [verb] need " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back , I need not have turned my nose up with such scorn when any of them approached me , as I 'm sure they did need some friendly contacts , but if one showed any signs of friendliness , they interpreted this as an invitation to attach themselves to you for the rest of the day , and probably the night too . |
| 2 | Thus readers are aware that Guide supports fonts ( etc. ) in some way , but can be totally unaware of the concept of logical objects — probably a good thing because evidence from the use of word processors indicates that if they did need to know about logical objects , they would be put off . |
| 3 | And I felt that they did need some kind of ongoing support . |
| 4 | They did need more evidence . |
| 5 | In this , they did need the enthusiastic support of the chairperson . |
| 6 | Now we travelled the best part of the Ukraine and we also dipped into and er we were there about a month , just under a month , and erm one of the impressions that I got there , just as an ordinary chap , no , not learned politically so I ca n't speak on the level er of most of your callers today , but er , I realise that here you had er people , in actual fact my my comment was the country 's half finished , everywhere you went there were building constructions so far incomplete , er projects underway and you 've got the impression that they did need communism in a way to make the thing work er , the er , let's take the Ukrainians , I mean that , that 's where the Cossacks come from and they love a good time , er those sort of people in a way need a strong government . |
| 7 | Smoke alarms need very little maintenance , but they do need to be tested regularly to make sure they are in good working order . |
| 8 | While telecottages should become self-financing once established , they do need initial subsidy . |
| 9 | However , they do need strong wire supports and careful training . |
| 10 | ‘ They do need money , you know . |
| 11 | They do need an acid leafy soil , but they score over rhododendrons through being much more tolerant of dry summers , as the past three seasons have demonstrated . |
| 12 | When they do need support , there is the comforting notion that the welfare state and National Health Service are looking after their needs better than ever before . |
| 13 | They do need to fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God . |
| 14 | But as they do need the financial background too , finding a suitable candidate to take on the finance director role , particularly of a large organisation , can be a problem and it 's not unknown for a company to invest considerable time and money in training someone specially for the job , though it is rare . |
| 15 | Technical terms are not ends in themselves , but because they facilitate discussion , they do need to be explicitly taught . |
| 16 | It is very easy to take other people for granted and not to work on our relationships , but they do need continuous attention . |
| 17 | But they do need to be small enough to fit on the cover without taking up much space , and light enough not to tear the paper . |
| 18 | But perhaps we do n't really know enough and we do n't know where to go for information , I mean I do n't know er I , I I 'm not an expert but there are experts here , how would you assess the services available to people who feel they do need help , or for people who perhaps do n't know they need help ? |
| 19 | But they do need to learn to understand the effect which different styles of communication and presentation have on a congregation . |
| 20 | They do need support , they do need often 24 hour attention , but they do not necessarily need to be in hospital . |
| 21 | They do need support , they do need often 24 hour attention , but they do not necessarily need to be in hospital . |
| 22 | … first of all … they do need to acquire manipulative skills in order to play a xylophone , french horn , synthesizer , whatever … so they learn these as and when they need them … through to recording techniques and so on and so on , but always when they need them … |
| 23 | I suppose it would bore you to come and see my poor children , but they do need amusing , they are at that stage of convalescing when nothing is entertaining for very long and Mamma is certainly not entertaining at all , so a pretty thing like you would be a breath of fresh air . |
| 24 | ‘ In fact , children do not need systems of punishment and reward to keep them in line , but they do need discipline . |
| 25 | It 's just a little bit sort of er the waves themselves are nice but I think they do need something else in it just to erm break up the linearity of the er er , of the composition . |
| 26 | " The problem with pots , though , is that they do need a lot of care . |
| 27 | I take on a board all the comments that are made here , I I think they do need investigation . |
| 28 | Maybe they do need the encouragement |
| 29 | th th they defend that against the Japanese and then in , early in forty seven the come in and take it over so it 's an enormous psychological shock erm and they recognize that erm they , they , they do need to er they recognize that the way is through mass support , they think that 's what they 've got ta get , and they 've got ta get it quickly . |
| 30 | If they do need er cleaning , the advice is to use erm a a very mild detergent and erm a damp cloth . |