Example sentences of "that [pers pn] needed " in BNC.
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| 1 | The official told me that the form was not enough and that I needed a letter from my dad saying he lived alone . |
| 2 | A quick sideways prod of the transfer gear-lever was all that I needed to give the big machine the traction of a funicular railway , as if an invisible cable winch was hauling me up . |
| 3 | I experienced the agonisingly slow passage of time and decided that I needed to go to the toilet . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , I knew that I needed something far beyond that which could be offered by the NHS . |
| 5 | Sooner or later I would have to accept that I needed to look elsewhere . |
| 6 | It was a concession and all that I needed . |
| 7 | I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital . |
| 8 | I sent mine back to John Le Masurier , a former National Coach and now in charge of the Team Secretariat , saying that I needed more competition . |
| 9 | I took more time off than usual after the World Championships , feeling that I needed a break . |
| 10 | It 's just that I needed to get in touch with my feelings . ’ |
| 11 | I realised that I needed something that was a bit more active and fairly creative , preferably something that included both sexes . |
| 12 | He gave me a hard stare , which said all that I needed to know about my fate if he failed to beat me . |
| 13 | After reading some articles about close-up and fish photography , I realised that I needed a single lens reflex ( sir ) camera , where the image seen through the viewfinder is actually produced by the lens . |
| 14 | On a recent visit to the Midland Bank in Southampton to ask about opening a current account I was told that I needed some form of indentification . |
| 15 | ‘ I was so wrapped up in my own performances that I needed someone with experience to help . |
| 16 | I decided that I needed to get some support , to find someone who could , let us say , take charge of me and give me advice . |
| 17 | How very difficult it was to accept that I did need it and to show that I needed it . |
| 18 | He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst . |
| 19 | His absolute conviction at that time , reinforced by an extraordinary personal charm and magnetism gave me just the right insight and guidance that I needed . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I felt that I needed to have someone around me all the time , whereas the others did not , and I was scared . |
| 22 | I felt that I needed someone to be with me all day and all night . |
| 23 | She searched my house and got information from my daughter , telling her that I was sick , that I needed help and that she would n't go to the police . |
| 24 | Brian arrived , with his girlfriend and another friend , who seemed to realize that I needed to calm down and offered to walk around the building with me . |
| 25 | Then good fortune brought me the very man that I needed . |
| 26 | Unresolved , I clung to the nub of " I " , perhaps sensing that I needed " I " if was ever to hurtle to freedom . |
| 27 | I found her calm assumption that I needed cheering up restful after my mother 's blind denials . |
| 28 | But bitterly I regret that I needed another man 's hands to help me , and he in ignorance . ’ |
| 29 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 30 | " I did n't tell him anything , except that I needed the money . " |