Example sentences of "need [to-vb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brown Owl needs to lose a few feathers for the summer |
| 2 | Once , this woman from an agency stopped me in the street and offered me a job and I travelled to Manchester to her agency , but they said : you 'd need to lose a few pounds , and get rid of this spot , and things like that ; and I thought : I ca n't be bothered . |
| 3 | ‘ And anyway , ’ whispered another voice , and one that was rather more matter-of-fact because it was her own , ‘ there 's a young eagle out there called Creggan who needs to know a few things if he 's going to survive and be free . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Smith will need to find a few more if he is to become Prime Minister . |
| 5 | Because crossing the stitches causes some resistance you will need to knit a few rows , then ladder down at least one stitch at both sides of the number of stitches marked for cabling . |
| 6 | At Edward 's death his heir was aged twelve and the king would only have needed to live a few more years to have handed power to an adult heir . |
| 7 | At Edward 's death his heir was aged twelve and the king would only have needed to live a few more years to have handed power to an adult heir . |
| 8 | Which , I was beginning to think , might be just what I needed to ease a few tensions . |
| 9 | Increasingly it seemed to him that there were people who needed to spend a few hours locked in a room with the likes of Chiodini . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll admit that — er — I do seem to need to get a few minor items in my life sorted out , ’ Laura told her friend nonchalantly . |
| 11 | I only need to carry a few tubes of paint and some water in an old squash bottle , all packed into my fisherman 's box which doubles for a seat , and my paper masking-taped down to my board . |
| 12 | I said did n't I , you were very good at that , but you need to do a few , just occasionally you think wah , I can do all these now , no problem |
| 13 | None the less , for the purposes of understanding the development of landforms associated with volcanism and intrusive igneous activity , we need to appreciate a few key properties of igneous rocks . |
| 14 | You need to have a few positive thoughts to play your best golf in windy conditions . |
| 15 | Some of you will pick it up very simp , easily , others need to have a few tries at it . |
| 16 | Before looking at the bloom shapes and forms , we need to clarify a few terms which are not as simple or straightforward as might be supposed . |
| 17 | I need to make a few calls . ’ |
| 18 | and then I would say well you know I just need to make a few notes |
| 19 | When your hard drive is nearing capacity and you need to delete a few directories to install your new 5meg program it is not that easy to decide which directories to archive and delete to achieve the required disk space . |