Example sentences of "needed a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deputy manager of communication services at the Hotel , Catering & Institutional Management Association , Tim Knowles , said that although he welcomed the directive , it still needed a lot of work in its present form . |
| 2 | It needed a lot of repair as two largish areas had fallen off . |
| 3 | She was frail , and needed a lot of input from family , neighbours and community services . |
| 4 | It needs a very large orchestra and I needed a lot of rehearsals so that I could have time to explain the piece fully to the orchestra . |
| 5 | And on the next page a long , uplifting sentence from a French sociologist , the gist of which was that dying was something we needed a lot of help with . |
| 6 | She needed a lot of persuading , but Sean was persuasive . |
| 7 | You had to have meals-on-wheels because that was what there was , and particularly the meals-on-wheels study we did in Islington [ Barker & Noble , 1983 ] which clearly indicated that half the recipients desperately needed meals-on-wheels , but they needed a lot of other things as well , and that for the other half they were inappropriate anyway . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh yes , she should stay where she is , she 's alright at home — I suppose the only circumstances in which I would n't be able to manage would be if she needed a lot more done for her — personal things like . ’ |
| 9 | Mother had so much to do outside and the old folk living with us were ailing and needed a lot of attention . |
| 10 | Although the house needed a lot of work , Rita and bill were drawn by its friendly atmosphere and long family history . |
| 11 | He needed a lot doing for him . |
| 12 | Where most instructions had to be given verbally , you needed a lot of people to do it . |
| 13 | She had a weak chest and needed a lot of attention , whereas I was robust and could be left to my own devices . |
| 14 | Mother 's own experience as a child had taught her to be self-sufficient and she needed a lot of support and practice at learning how to meet Maria 's emotional and social needs . |
| 15 | £115,000 needed a lot of thinking about . |
| 16 | Also he needed a lot of talking in English , as he was still not sounding words clearly . |
| 17 | As he was already behind in mastering the basic skills which lay the foundation for all further work , he felt that Balbinder needed a lot of help if he was to do justice to his abilities . |
| 18 | He clearly wanted to do well , wanted to read but needed a lot of extra help . |
| 19 | Built in 1890 , the house needed a lot of attention when he bought it . |
| 20 | It needed a lot of experience to be able to hold it correctly so that all the twenty-five shots in the magazine riddled the target . |
| 21 | For the long journey to the Pole , they needed a lot of food , and they could n't carry it all with them . |
| 22 | I still needed a lot of things . |
| 23 | This was another characteristic that he had : he often talked about himself as if he had custody of someone who needed a lot of upbringing . |
| 24 | Kaye still laughs when recalling what the house was like before — even the now cherished conservatory needed a lot of attention . |
| 25 | The whole matter needed a lot of thought . |
| 26 | It 's just that this year I have had a lot of weak influencing situations , been on a lot of projects groups and so on , and last year I needed a lot of extra staff . |
| 27 | ‘ Some people needed a lot of encouragement when it first opened , but now it 's hard to find a time when it is n't crowded . ’ |
| 28 | Looked at more closely , it needed a lot of renovation . |
| 29 | Well they needed a lot but they especially if they were in a confined space . |
| 30 | We needed young men who were dragooned into the services in the fourteen/eighteen war and erm who never came back , and we needed a lot of them . |