Sentence examples for need a slap from inspiring English sources

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I look as if I need a slap.

If you were offended by Jack Wilshere doing a few loud swears, you need a slap round the chops with a wet fish, so roars Toby Moses.

While her grandmother doles out a great deal of bad advice ("There's no such thing as too thin"; "Kids need a slap every now and again. It's good for them"), she occasionally offers up a frank observation that Maggie can warm to.

"That's the worst we've played since I've been at Hibs. "We thought we had built up a head of steam but sometimes you need a slap in the face like this to make the players realise that if they are just slightly off the pace, if they are just slightly behind what the opponents are doing then we are not going to play to our normal rhythm.

I thought, If I don't speak up now then I need a slap from every Sikh mother whose child has been killed, every Sikh brother, father, every loved one.

I thought, 'If I don't speak up now then I need a slap from every Sikh mother whose child has been killed, every Sikh brother, father, every loved one.' And the thing is, Sikhs care about atrocities going on all over the world – we should protest against anybody that is against humanity.

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The geezers needs a slap.

The product's motto is, "Every small business owner needs a SLAP!" The software sells for a monthly subscription of $99.

A mooted immigration reform that would regularise the status of millions who are in America illegally has even less chance of passage in a country feeling grouchy and vulnerable.Days before the election some Democrats were saying that their party needed a slap to get its fighting spirit up.

Our dropout hero's wanderings across Berlin over a day achieve an allegorical dimension, populated as they are by figures from Germany's wartime past and uncertainties about the future, but it still functions as an amiable study of a guy who just needs a slap round the face – and a decent cup of coffee.

There's no sugarcoating when you think he needs a slap of reality.

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