Example sentences of "[pron] need be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I needed was a solid holder that would n't let pencils bend or break , and a retainer that would expand and contract a million times . |
| 2 | Of course all I needed was a two-minute sit-down and in two and a half minutes I was not only fully recovered and ready to carry on , I had adrenalin pumping out the top of my hat in anger that my man had left me to die . |
| 3 | What I needed was a board to go with it . |
| 4 | All I needed was a chorus pedal and a booster . |
| 5 | After winning ‘ New Faces ’ , the first thing I needed was a musical director . |
| 6 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 7 | ‘ What I need is a nice girl , ’ he said . |
| 8 | All I need is a wildcat strike over pin-ups . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ What I need is a miracle . ’ |
| 10 | What I need is a New Testament Christianity that speaks to the modern man that I am now ; a faith , in short , that is real and challenging to modernity . |
| 11 | What I need is a holiday somewhere nice , Florida methinks . |
| 12 | ‘ What I need is a vet for my cat , ’ she said . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | What I need is a nice little research job where I can write my books and keep well away from them . ’ |
| 16 | What I need is an introduction to a new house , where I can meet these fresh delightful creatures . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ What I need is an undertaker . |
| 18 | And what I need is an ‘ ot cocoa , or an ‘ ot something ’ . |
| 19 | I have a wonderful idea for a restaurant … all I need is the money . |
| 20 | sometimes all that I need is the air that I breathe just to love you . |
| 21 | ‘ I think I 've got the answer — all I need 's a little paint . ’ |
| 22 | All I need was a blooming all I need was five point nought point five baking powder about a teaspoon |
| 23 | What she needs is a hard working man who can let her blossom as a person . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Now all she needs is a bit of work over a mile and a quarter on Tuesday and she 'll be ready for Longchamp . |
| 25 | ‘ All she needs is a pat on the trunk and a sticky bun , ’ he said . |
| 26 | All she needs is a few weeks of expert tuition . ’ |
| 27 | All she needs is the date , time and place of your birth . |
| 28 | What you needed was a Gofer : someone who had nothing else to do but look after you and your team . |
| 29 | With a good , happy and well-looked-after staff and a first-class butler in charge of everything , all you needed was a committee of half a dozen blokes who were elected by popular vote to keep an eye on things and keep things lively , come up with new ideas , that sort of stuff . |
| 30 | ‘ I seem to recall hearing you say that the last thing you needed was a husband-hunting female who thinks this is some sort of pleasure cruise . |