Example sentences of "[pron] i need be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I needed were points on the line which exist rather than those which are only theoretical . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | What I needed was totally impartial advice . |
| 4 | What I needed was a board to go with it . |
| 5 | ‘ He said what I needed was throwing on the floor and to be given a good seeing to , ’ she told the Norwich hearing . |
| 6 | Derek had another inspiration : what I needed was fresh air . |
| 7 | What I needed was medicine , real bad . |
| 8 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
| 9 | ‘ What I need is a nice girl , ’ he said . |
| 10 | What I need is an introduction to a new house , where I can meet these fresh delightful creatures . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ What I need is a miracle . ’ |
| 12 | What I need is advice from time to time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | What I need is a holiday somewhere nice , Florida methinks . |
| 15 | ‘ What I need is a vet for my cat , ’ she said . |
| 16 | The dilemma is not even as simple as this , because under certain conditions , exactly what I need is to see someone else going through the steps , or to have my behaviour confirmed , or to hear the generality articulated . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ What I need is an undertaker . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | What I need is a nice little research job where I can write my books and keep well away from them . ’ |
| 21 | But I what I need is any anybody |
| 22 | What I need is to be alone . ’ |
| 23 | And what I need is an ‘ ot cocoa , or an ‘ ot something ’ . |
| 24 | What I need is |
| 25 | Cos what I need is like a block of wood . |