Example sentences of "and need [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But he suffers from motor neurone disease and needs twenty-four hour care .
2 He was badly shaken and needed nine stitches in a head injury .
3 She was stabbed around the genitals … and needed six stitches .
4 PC Holt was hit in the face with a hammer and needed four hours surgery after breaking up a fight in the Royal Well area of the town .
5 Watson , who hovered near death and needed two brain operations after his twelfth -round collapse in a WBO super-middleweight title fight at Tottenham a year ago this month , is even talking about a comeback !
6 Really angry with himself , he splashed out too strongly and needed two putts to get down .
7 He was hospitalised and needed 28 stitches to a leg wound .
8 Andrew , the original stand-off against Southland , received a blow on the nose and his replacement Barnes was kicked in the head and needed 12 stitches .
9 He spent several weeks in hospital , and needed three operations to repair his damaged liver .
10 A good Americansandwich will be a Dagwood Bumstead special — at least six inches long , four multi-layered inches high and need two hands to control it .
11 I had been ushered into the throne room ( the throne itself , 8 feet high and needing six men to move it , was carved from a solid slab of oak and had been presented to Queen Salote by the British Government in 1951 ) , and could hear from next door the awful warble of Mr Swaggart 's daily broadcast to which the King was apparently listening .
12 Wright is still suffering with the groin injury that ruled him out of England 's World Cup qualifier 12 days ago , while Adams also missed the Chelsea defeat after falling down some stairs on a night out last week , and needing 29 stitches in a cut forehead .
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