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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Needs narrowing/to be narrowed

Hi

Are these natural expressions?

My shirt needs to be narrowed at the waist.
My shirt needs narrowing at the waist.
My shirt needs to be let in at the waist.
My shirt needs letting in at the waist.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Mr. Tom My shirt needs to be narrowed taken in at the waist. Have a look at #2 in the link below.

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  • Tom My shirt needs to be narrowed taken in at the waist.
  • Have a look at #2 in the link below.
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Mr. TomMy shirt needs to be narrowed taken in at the waist.
Have a look at #2 in the link below.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/take_something_in
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to need -ing and to need to be -en are both used. The first is more informal to my ear.

CJ
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