Example sentences of "[Wh pn] needed a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The referee , who needed a police escort from the pitch , was pelted with missiles as he spoke to an officer . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Finally , there were merchants , the men who organized the markets that enabled the corn or flour or bread to find its way to the hungry , the wool to the weaver , fuller and dyer , the cloth to the man who needed a new costume , timber to the shipbuilder , timber and stone to the church . |
| 5 | A MOTORIST , who needed a stick to help him walk , left his car parked in a dangerous position at Alton High Street . |
| 6 | ‘ Thacker , who was the sort of swimmer who needed a Mae West to stay afloat in his bath , battled his burning Hurricane back over the Maltese coast at about 6,000 feet , he then pulled his hood back , rolled her and baled out . |
| 7 | Her boy , who needed a blood transfusion , was last night in a critical but stable condition in intensive care at Milton Keynes hospital . |
| 8 | No , this recent information must have been relayed partly out of pride but obviously with the hope that Celia might have some suitable friend who needed a nanny . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For example , the Society is often able to give a grant for central heating , which can transform the lives of the old or sick , while a recent case history concerned the elderly widow of an architect who needed a convalescent holiday after a hip operation , when the ABS was able to help her financially . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've lived with it for long enough , but I did n't get away with it this year and I 'm running out of time , ’ said the 26-year-old European champion , who needed a pain-killing injection before the race . |
| 12 | 50,000 TONS of crude oil in the Channel , mass suicide in Guyana , Winter Of Discontent — who needed a kids ' series that blew the lid ( comparatively ) off Britain 's comprehensive school system ? |
| 13 | Thereafter it lingered on with uneasy support from the Nationalist members who needed a Cabinet sympathetic to Scottish and Welsh devolution . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , like much jargon , the term has arisen partly from people who needed a term to express what they were actually doing and partly from suppliers seeking a new vehicle to act as a stimulant for their products . |
| 17 | For men who needed a mother rather than a mistress . |
| 18 | He looked like a man who needed a quiet evening , an easy chair , a drink , and soothing music unlike the vibrant strains of the rock number that reached them . |
| 19 | People who needed a God and a leader as he needed his sword . |
| 20 | Shelley said , kissing the top of his head between words , ‘ Constance said you looked like a man who needed a son . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't see why I ca n't be playing when the season starts in Scotland in September , ’ said Hastings , who needed a four hour operation . |
| 22 | Cheshire , who needed a victory to give themselves a fighting chance of winning the North West Group , scored 185 thanks to an knock of 66 from Stockport 's Andy Hall . |
| 23 | Now it could be contended that any manager who needed a booklet to tell him this should be on the shopfloor . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | who needed a job . |
| 26 | I knew of a man who needed an assassin . |
| 27 | He had wanted to know if I knew a good cardiologist , because he had a granddaughter with a rare heart condition who needed an operation , or else in a year 's time she would have died . |
| 28 | Although South Dakota carried little electoral weight , either nationally or in terms of its proportion of delegates sent to the nominating convention , it had considerable significance for the Democratic contest in that it was adjacent to the native states of both Harkin and Kerrey , each of whom needed a good showing after their disappointing results in New Hampshire . |