Example sentences of "what he needed was " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that what he needed was more contact with ordinary people . |
| 2 | What he needed was a bit of luck on the roll . |
| 3 | Hunt knew he had the faster car ; what he needed was the opportunity . |
| 4 | What he needed was someone to get him by the scruff of the neck , tell him a few home truths and offer emotional stability . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She guessed what he needed was information , then money . |
| 7 | What he needed was a lever . |
| 8 | What he needed was about fifty nomes . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | That Bingham-Jones boy had been a nuisance all day ; he was a spoiled brat ; and what he needed was a good smacking . |