Example sentences of "[pron] need to be " in BNC.

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1 Thank God no more by me needs to be said .
2 Exactly the same is true of ageism and everyone needs to be alert to their often unconscious ageist attitudes .
3 Everyone needs to be able to integrate work with personal life .
4 And everyone needs to be consulted .
5 Everyone needs to be loved , ’ she returned quietly .
6 Generally speaking , people in this room are sitting around relaxing ; they are n't bustling about generating their own heat so the atmosphere around them needs to be kept at a comfortable temperature .
7 They want to see the elimination of the use of knives in crimes of violence , but their approach is that the law is adequate to deal with the problem and that nothing needs to be changed .
8 ‘ What do I need to be good in the morning for , Mom ?
9 t needed to exert my authority over my cancer cells , but did I need to be quite so warlike ?
10 It 's Nurse River , I 'll be bound , someone needs to be driven somewhere .
11 I hope you like its new look and find its approach to yours needs to be equally professional .
12 I needed to be someone else , someone new .
13 I needed to be reassured that I had reached a hospitable culture …
14 I 'd promised my mother I 'd buy her some new central-heating , and the only time it could be fitted was the next week , so I needed to be home for Monday when the workmen came round .
15 ‘ People in football will understand — Lennie Lawrence told me I needed to be superhuman to perform in that atmosphere .
16 In embarking on this journey , I 'd put myself into store again and set off ; like the other women I needed safety , I needed to be taken care of , to take care of myself and now to take care of this journey .
17 From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way .
18 I needed to be alone .
19 But I needed to be sure that you had not forgotten your homesite .
20 ‘ Not as sharp as I needed to be , though , ’ she said .
21 But it was because I needed other women , and I needed to be truthful about it .
22 I needed to be told , ’ he conceded drily , facing her across the coffee-table .
23 ‘ I had n't realised that I needed to be a hypochondriac to qualify for your — affections . ’
24 I needed to be nobody , to find out how ordinary people lived .
25 ‘ When I got here , ’ he said expressionlessly , ‘ I realised I needed to be in love with more than just a city .
26 I need to be wanted and loved by the audience .
27 I need to be practical but would like to look feminine as well .
28 ‘ Mike — Michael O'Brien — will help , but I need to be on the spot . ’
29 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 ?
30 I need to be used by men — or preferably one man .
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