Example sentences of "[Wh det] i need [is] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I need is a holiday somewhere nice , Florida methinks . |
| 2 | ‘ What I need is a vet for my cat , ’ she said . |
| 3 | What I need is a couple of hours ’ peace and quiet and I 'll be fine for the presentation tomorrow — besides , ’ she added persuasively , ‘ it 's not as if the party was being thrown for us . |
| 4 | 1.7 Example ( 26 ) shows us the second and less common relation contributing to the unfolding of syntactic structures , which we shall call equation , adopting the obvious symbol to represent it : ( 26 ) Fitzpatrick , our neighbour , used to plant potatoes the subject exemplifies the basic pattern [ E = E ] , ( as does the underlined portion of ( 22 ) ) ; in more exact terms , what we have in this subject phrase is : As we have just remarked , equational phrases are rarer than phrases involving qualification ; and , among them , there is a very large disproportion in favour of equation between E and E , rather than between P and P. Nevertheless , the latter can be found ; two examples would be : ( 28 ) what I need is a cup of strong , dark coffee for a fast , convenient trip to the city , take the Skytram This is clearly not to say that strong and dark , or fast and convenient , are equivalent at the type level ; only that on some particular occasion of use , as here , they may be regarded by speaker , or copywriter , as equivalent . |
| 5 | ‘ What I need is a miracle . ’ |