Example sentences of "she needed be " in BNC.
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1 | A male friend had tried to dissuade Hale from seeking a much needed job and had given her a thousand dollars to buy ‘ the most beautiful dress in New York ’ , telling her that what she needed was to find a rich husband . |
2 | All she needed was a touch from my magic wand . |
3 | The last thing she needed was to be up in front of the stewards again . |
4 | What she needed was just one person , one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her to understand the meaning of this extraordinary happening . |
5 | Diana was treated with kid gloves when all she needed was some sensible advice , a cuddle and a consoling word . |
6 | ‘ I remember her saying that she was trying so damn hard and all she needed was a pat on the back , ’ recalls a friend . |
7 | What she needed was a list of their names for British Intelligence . |
8 | The last thing she needed was to be trapped in a broken-down vehicle with Piers Morrison . |
9 | And , she realised , the very last thing she needed was a post-mortem on a failed relationship , especially when the relationship had been so horribly one-sided . |
10 | What she needed was a weapon of some sort , something that would keep him at a distance should the need arise . |
11 | All she needed was someone to accept her cheque and issue a receipt , but there was no sign to point her in the direction of the accounts department , and the staff of Woodline Design were conspicuously absent . |
12 | The last thing in the world she needed was to be attracted to the man who had been Elise 's lover — even if he were n't already engaged in a live-in relationship with another woman ! |
13 | All she needed was a pair of shooters slung from her hip and she 'd be little Annie Oakley , she thought derisively , reaching instead for her favourite Navajo belt . |
14 | What she needed was a psychiatrist ! |
15 | What she needed was to sleep , and she tried to suppress the great mountain of self-pity that threatened to swamp her . |
16 | She was extremely wet and cold and the very last thing she needed was this man 's mockery . |
17 | The last person she needed was fitzAlan , but an attendant of humble rank would n't matter , if it helped her to obtain permission to go into the town . |
18 | The last thing she needed was to be found trespassing in the Baron 's private grounds . |
19 | She went up the narrow stone stairs with infinite care , reflecting that the last thing she needed was to slip and sprain something , and peered cautiously around her . |
20 | The way to Lavondyss was a short climb away , and all she needed was to resign herself to the journey , to abandon Scathach . |
21 | What she needed was the support of close women friends — a women 's group , in fact . |
22 | Luke Calder was used to getting what he wanted from life , and the last thing she needed was for him to turn his sights on to her , even though it might only be to put her back in her place ! |
23 | Catching sight of herself in one of the long gilt-framed mirrors , she decided all she needed was a parrot on her shoulder . |
24 | Until she 'd made up her mind one way or the other , the last thing she needed was for rumours of an imminent retirement from music to start circulating . |
25 | She 'd finally realised that what she needed was to commit mind , body and soul into something challenging and exciting . |
26 | The last thing she needed was for the plane to go without her . |
27 | ‘ I 'm hoping to see something of Czechoslovakia while I 'm here , ’ she replied , but as it suddenly struck her that the silence emanating from Ven Gajdusek was decidedly chilly — and since the last thing she needed was to be bad friends with him if he objected to Lubor Ondrus flirting with her on his time , ‘ But now I must return to my hotel , ’ she added . |
28 | As the kettle began to boil , she realised that the mugs she needed were stowed beneath the sink . |