need doing

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need doing and need (to be) done

[is] required to be done. (The second form, although widespread, is considered by some to be less standard than the first.) This chair needs fixing. This chair needs fixed.

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We have always bought homes that need doing up as we find it so much more satisfying to put our own stamp on a property. IT'S PERFECT IN EVERY WAY; Edwardian house has been totally ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) As you walk around the house, jot down which jobs need doing in each room so you can come up with a comprehensive list of essential maintenance. SPRING INTO ACTION by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) The only work I see being carried out is the filling of pot holes, some of which I have reported, which in a very few weeks need doing again. Letter: Your Say - To The Point by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			natural natural-born nature Nature abhors a vacuum nature stop naught nause out near near and dear to near at hand nearer the church, the farther from God nearest and dearest nearly nearly fall off chair nearly jump out of skin neat as a pin necessary necessity Necessity is the mother of invention Necessity knows no law neck neck and neck neck of the woods neck with need need doing need head examined need I remind you that need I say more Need I say more? need like a hole in the head need yesterday needle needle about needless to say needs needs must Needs must when the devil drives neglect to do negotiate neighbor neighbor on neither Neither a borrower nor a lender be Neither can I neither does neither fish nor fowl neither here nor there neither rhyme nor reason nerve nerves of steel			NEEAA NEEAC NEEACT NEEAE NEEAN NEEAP NEEAR NEEAT NEEBC NEEBG NEEBS NEEC NEECC NEECOM NEECS need need need need need need Need 2 Game need a firm hand need a helping hand Need Analysis Servicer Need Arrival Date Need assessment Need Before Greed need complementarity need doing need done Need for Achievement need for action Need for Assistance Need for Better Speed Need for Orthodontic Treatment Index Need for Power Need for Precision Need for Recovery Need For Speed Need for Speed 3 Need For Speed Carbon Need for Speed Headquarters Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 3 Need for Speed II Need for Speed Pro Street Need for Speed Rivals Need for Speed Shift Need for Speed Special Edition Need for Speed Underground Need for Speed Underground 2 Need For Speed: High Stakes Need for Speed: High States

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