Example sentences of "need [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need to plan for the future . |
| 2 | Naturally they took what was on offer , and no doubt thoroughly enjoyed the experience — just as a later Scottish politician , James VI , did when he collected £58,000 in pensions from the notoriously parsimonious Elizabeth , without feeling any need to deviate from the path which suited him and his kingdom , and without being regarded as particularly unprincipled . |
| 3 | ‘ Lowell , I need to go to the loo . |
| 4 | I think you need to go to the toilet the way you 're jiggling around . |
| 5 | I think you need to go to the toilet do n't you ? |
| 6 | You need to go to the toilet ? |
| 7 | I think you need to go to the toilet first before we have lunch . |
| 8 | I think you need to go to the toilet Davey , you 're wriggling . |
| 9 | I need to go to the toilet , you see |
| 10 | Oh I need to go to the toilet , hold on . |
| 11 | Right lads we 're going out in five minutes , I do n't know if you need to go to the toilet Alex ? |
| 12 | I mean I can tell you that there 's water in the pipe if you 're thirsty , but you need to go to the pipe with a glass and turn the tap on in order to er not to be thirsty any more , in order to receive the water . |
| 13 | One thing , you need to go to the bathroom or , or to get a drink , says wake up and go and do it , the other thing , th th the desire to go on sleeping , says you know , well do n't wake now , I want to go on sleeping . |
| 14 | When you urgently need to go to the lavatory try to practice ‘ holding on ’ to get your bladder into the habit of holding more urine . |
| 15 | I need to go to the Co-op and Iceland . |
| 16 | Why do the Continent 's environmentalists , unlike the British or American , need to go to the trouble and expense of political parties at all ? |
| 17 | and we need to go to the bank too . |
| 18 | ‘ We need to go into the game looking for a win and we 'll prepare accordingly . |
| 19 | I need to go , I need to go into the Co-op and Iceland . |
| 20 | So the rest of the pads , we need to go through the colour forms and everything . |
| 21 | No , well I 'm , I need that one , that 's not a white one , you need to go through the wheel there , see |
| 22 | Similarly , remind yourself that even if the worst comes to the worst and you need to go in the middle of the interview it is no big deal although it feels like a disaster to you . |
| 23 | We had no idea how long it would take to support ourselves or how far back you need to go in the food chain before you can become organic . |
| 24 | Animals also need to cope with the severity of winter , and they have developed a variety of ways of doing this . |
| 25 | Rather , we need to concentrate on the notion of fitness for purpose . |
| 26 | ‘ We need to come at the issue fresh each time , ’ says Nigel Pike of the Department of Transport 's ad agency D'Arcy Masius Benton and Bowles . |
| 27 | They can serve as a guide to what was agreed , and we now need to work on the detail . |
| 28 | One problem of the past year has been the length of time it has taken me to accept that I need to work in the bookshop most of the time even though I know this work has to be done and though I enjoy it ( most of the time ) . |
| 29 | We then need to comment on the usefulness of such a clock . |
| 30 | Now to start sailing closer towards the wind , we need to pull in the mainsheet , pop the daggerboard down and then turn the boat gently towards the wind , we reach the point where even with the sail sheeted in tightly , the front edge , the luff of the sail is still flapping , that 's as close to the wind as we can get and so we maintain a course to keep the sail full . |