Example sentences of "needed was [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just like the books said — all a man needed was a good technique . |
| 2 | All it needed was a good tug . |
| 3 | That Bingham-Jones boy had been a nuisance all day ; he was a spoiled brat ; and what he needed was a good smacking . |
| 4 | The women were told it would soon be mended , but by the time it came for bed it still was n't repaired , although probably all it needed was a new fuse . |
| 5 | The last thing this scene needed was a non-participating spectator and I am indeed grateful for that privilege . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | What we needed was a moderate approach that we could work with and modify to our own needs . |
| 8 | All he needed was a sweeping black cloak … |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | subsequently after about ten flights , and porting over the books , and speaking to people who serviced them during the war years , they discovered that all it needed was a well-placed whack with a hammer on the trailing edge of the aileron . |
| 11 | After winning ‘ New Faces ’ , the first thing I needed was a musical director . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | All we needed was a red flag to warn the locals that we might be about to frighten the horses . |
| 14 | All it needed was a little glue . |
| 15 | Insisting that all it needed was a little Lux , he put the painting on the floor and began scrubbing . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He saw the knowledge in her face that he was already chairman — all he needed was the official confirmation . |
| 18 | And all you needed was the brief message that you had to send . |