Example sentences of "who need a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 SO if Frank is so keen on playing in USA'94 AND playing for Leeds why does n't he go on loan to somebody who needs a striker ?
2 Who needs a harmoniser ?
3 Who needs a toy telephone , when the real one makes such great noises ?
4 Who Needs A Heart
5 A gene , for purposes of the theory , is a segment of genetic material divided off as best suits the investigator , who needs a unit small enough to be treated as identical through successive generations ; it has no self with which to be selfish .
6 Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that .
7 As you know they 're designed for the middle to high handicap player , for the person who needs a bit of extra help .
8 I know of someone who needs a nurse who 's experienced in diabetic patient care . ’
9 For the non-obese patient over 65 years who needs a sulphonylurea , a short-acting drug like tolbutamide has much to commend it as the elderly are more prone to hypoglycaemia .
10 ERASURE : Who Needs A Love Like That
11 He thought it was funny and who needs a Mary Poppins LP , a Beatles poster , a sequinned belt , anyway .
12 Major roles for older women are not so common in Shakespeare , but I think it is better not to choose a character such as Queen Katherine from Henry VIII , who needs a richness of seniority to convey the dramatic interest .
13 The King of Saudi Arabia has donated a hundred and fifty thousand pounds to Laura Davies , the four-year-old girl who needs a bowel and liver transplant to save her life .
14 Who needs a loan when you can top up your income by despatch-riding in London at Christmas ?
15 She said , ‘ Know anyone else who needs a barge ? ’
16 And who needs a book to tell him that ?
17 Who needs a tomb with a fucking door , for Chrissake ? ’
18 Who needs a bridge or dam ?
19 Who needs a ditch ?
20 However , this is all rather analytical and intellectual ; and if we ourselves can only function on this rational level , our communication with horses will be no better than a tourist who needs a phrase book or dictionary in a foreign country .
21 A MOTORIST , who needed a stick to help him walk , left his car parked in a dangerous position at Alton High Street .
22 More immediately , according to his biographer , Izaak Walton , he was persuaded by his landlady during this visit to London that he was a man of tender constitution who needed a wife to prolong his life and make it more comfortable ; because of his modesty and dim sight , Hooker left the choice to her , and soon found himself married to her daughter .
23 When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ?
24 Her father was dead but her mother was still alive , and had managed to hang onto the old apartment where she now used the extra space to accommodate short-stay workers who needed a bed in the city .
25 Her London home was used as a hostel by the Scottish rank and file who needed a bed in the capital as they were posted from one place to another , and all were made welcome .
26 People who needed a God and a leader as he needed his sword .
27 Her boy , who needed a blood transfusion , was last night in a critical but stable condition in intensive care at Milton Keynes hospital .
28 After that I was blacked by the quality schools , but I soon landed a job for the rest of the year with a cowboy outfit in Italy who needed a replacement teacher in a hurry .
29 Thereafter it lingered on with uneasy support from the Nationalist members who needed a Cabinet sympathetic to Scottish and Welsh devolution .
30 Shelley said , kissing the top of his head between words , ‘ Constance said you looked like a man who needed a son . ’
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