Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] need was " 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 | What I needed was totally impartial advice . |
| 3 | What I needed was a board to go with it . |
| 4 | ‘ He said what I needed was throwing on the floor and to be given a good seeing to , ’ she told the Norwich hearing . |
| 5 | Derek had another inspiration : what I needed was fresh air . |
| 6 | What I needed was medicine , real bad . |
| 7 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
| 8 | A male friend had tried to dissuade Hale from seeking a much needed job and had given her a thousand dollars to buy ‘ the most beautiful dress in New York ’ , telling her that what she needed was to find a rich husband . |
| 9 | What she needed was just one person , one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her to understand the meaning of this extraordinary happening . |
| 10 | What she needed was a list of their names for British Intelligence . |
| 11 | What she needed was a weapon of some sort , something that would keep him at a distance should the need arise . |
| 12 | What she needed was a psychiatrist ! |
| 13 | What she needed was to sleep , and she tried to suppress the great mountain of self-pity that threatened to swamp her . |
| 14 | What she needed was the support of close women friends — a women 's group , in fact . |
| 15 | She 'd finally realised that what she needed was to commit mind , body and soul into something challenging and exciting . |
| 16 | What you needed was a Gofer : someone who had nothing else to do but look after you and your team . |
| 17 | Mrs Hodges had never mastered the idea of colour in a salad , she seemed to think what you needed was a match . |
| 18 | We had sergeants and inspectors jumping on us for the least little thing and very often trying to get us into trouble , whereas young fellows learning the job , what we needed was assistance . |
| 19 | What we needed was a moderate approach that we could work with and modify to our own needs . |
| 20 | ‘ What we needed was a cutback or a deep ball to the back post . |
| 21 | He said that what he needed was more contact with ordinary people . |
| 22 | What he needed was a bit of luck on the roll . |
| 23 | Hunt knew he had the faster car ; what he needed was the opportunity . |
| 24 | What he needed was someone to get him by the scruff of the neck , tell him a few home truths and offer emotional stability . |
| 25 | Now much of the rest of the stone of the building also dates from the medieval period but in fact in the nineteenth century the building er was very popular as a church and the vicar at the time decided that what he needed was more space and so they knocked down virtually the whole building apart from the tower and the east erm erm window and rebuilt it to put in the er gallery at the level that we 're standing here . |
| 26 | She guessed what he needed was information , then money . |
| 27 | What he needed was a lever . |
| 28 | What he needed was about fifty nomes . |
| 29 | What he needed was to break down and howl like a child , and it was the effort not to do so that was tearing at him . |
| 30 | That Bingham-Jones boy had been a nuisance all day ; he was a spoiled brat ; and what he needed was a good smacking . |