Example sentences of "[pers pn] need [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I need it , I need to be strong .
2 I need to be practical but would like to look feminine as well .
3 I need to be successful early on .
4 Also , I need to be available for the crew and all the personnel on the road to see that everything is going fine from their point of view .
5 I need to be sure .
6 Well , I I need to be sure on this .
7 The deadline is Monday 3rd of May , but I need to be sure the article will arrive .
8 Until then , I need to be convinced that they are truly superior .
9 So I do n't feel I need to be defensive about the show , ’ she declares .
10 Sub-text : ‘ I need to be expressive here so that the person will like me .
11 I want , I need to be fresh in the office I do n't want to be fresh in front of the television , I want to go to sleep .
12 I need to be positive .
13 I need to be able to read outputs of a maximum of 100A ( this may seem high but in my work you come across this sort of output ) .
14 I have big hands and I need to be able to grab onto something and bend the shit out of those strings .
15 I need to be able to see the path ahead in order to plan my route well in advance , or else I may get myself into an awkward position .
16 Vernon Malcolm , managing director of Malcolm Engineering , said : ‘ Almost all my staff earn above £3.40 an hour but I need to be able to dictate my own rates of pay .
17 then I need to be able to get a a job that will pay sufficient .
18 So I need to be able to get down to actu that 's when you , supposing that comes down by another ten K say , so then we 're talking about fifty K , thereabouts , overspend in the main area , in which case to work out what 's caused that , is that directly attributable to the the inputting of the systems .
19 I need to be alone .
20 Until the police arrive I need to be alone . ’
21 I need to be alone for a while , and there 's nowhere here on Belial or Moloch where that can be true for any length of time .
22 I need to be alone for a while — to think .
23 I need to be fit so that I can stay awake in that Committee upstairs .
24 I have seen at long last that I need to be free of my beloved mistress and even as I write that word it is hollow for how can I love one who no longer has the least regard for me ?
25 If I 'm alive , I need to be free . ’
26 I need to be thin , to do justice to Monsieur Félix 's clothes , ’ Alice said , glancing down at her low-waisted frock of indigo-blue jersey .
27 But your work do n't amaze me , and I need to be amazed .
28 As well as a deep understanding of your soil , crops , and animals , as a smallholder you need to be capable of a high degree of self-reliance in maintaining fences , gates , water supply , buildings , machinery , and equipment .
29 You need to be consistent within a single interaction .
30 You need to be familiar with the type of glider you are flying because each needs slightly different angles of bank and behaves differently when side-slipping .
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