Plus, he would need his wits later when they made their escape.

We'll be at court soon, and we're both going to need all our wits about us.

And God knew he needed all his wits about him.

Which was probably for the better; he needed his wits about him, and even that would have been a distraction.

Soon enough you'll need all your wits about you again.

He would need his wits to make this assignment sound more difficult than it was.

He would need all his wits in the time to come.

He was going to need all his wits about him.

Things have become pretty confused up on the surface and we are going to need our wits about us to sort them out.

You're going to need your wits about you for this one!