‘Its only real use is as a football ground and there are no league clubs who have need of it.’
‘Any radiation specialist medical personnel we have are at your disposal, if you have need of them.’
‘A few weeks ago, you may recall that I had need of the RAC's assistance, and received appalling service. Of course, I wrote to complain about this.’
‘Each of course had need of the other and a certain innate mutual loyalty ensured that they accompanied each other even when it came to the point of allowing the standards of the past to slip.’
‘My poor old mum who was 90 at the time, had need of help from Social Services: stairlift, bath lift etc.’
‘In a hammering irony, the people who had feared the importing of industrial unrest from Europe now had need of that tool in fighting the interlopers.’
‘These impersonal, brief interactions were all I had need of for quite a while.’
‘Before I was your foreign minister, I performed the same services for Danton and Robespierre until they no longer had need of me.’
‘I've had need of seeing the Black Seer on a few occasions.’
‘I had need for a refreshing walk away from this place, nothing more.’
‘It became the fighter-transport of choice for all branches of the military that had need of its rather unique insertion/extraction abilities.’
‘Counting the coins I handed half of them to Niko to purchase horses, blankets and bedding, and lanterns as well as any other necessities he believed we had need of.’
‘‘We hadn't had need for them during the battle, so we didn't miss them,’ Jack said.’
‘Study groups now became secret societies, like the ‘Land and Liberty’ society at St Petersburg, but they had need of wider support.’
‘Butte, Montana's largest urban center, had need of such a home.’
‘She left the door open in case her Mistress had need of her.’
‘I was a very small boy the last time our master had need of extending his life, and I was called to attend upon him while he performed his magic.’
‘They had need of us, and we had come, to act the age-old ritual, try to lift the curse from off their lands, give back to ailing Earth the potency their lives depended on.’
‘They had need of a wife and heirs and the women had need of wealth and a title.’
‘In the six months before its arrival, I had had need of one on two occasions.’
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