Example sentences of "needed was a " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Margaret Thatcher had created a ‘ supermarket society ’ where the only thing a society needed was a credit card and the only freedoms that mattered were those that could be bought . |
3 | All it needed was a bit of tumbleweed to make it seem more deserted than it really was and I used to just fight against that dissatisfaction . |
4 | All we needed was a red flag to warn the locals that we might be about to frighten the horses . |
5 | What you needed was a Gofer : someone who had nothing else to do but look after you and your team . |
6 | He cast Nicholson in the lead role and all he needed was a female . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | What he needed was a bit of luck on the roll . |
9 | What I needed was a board to go with it . |
10 | Harry led our team by example — although perhaps what some of his colleagues needed was a skipper who could also drive or cajole them to better things — but it was a mark of the respect in which he was held by Palace supporters that his well-deserved Benefit in 1953–54 was so well attended . |
11 | All she needed was a touch from my magic wand . |
12 | What we needed was a moderate approach that we could work with and modify to our own needs . |
13 | All he needed was a bow or a lyre . |
14 | All I needed was a chorus pedal and a booster . |
15 | After winning ‘ New Faces ’ , the first thing I needed was a musical director . |
16 | It was just like the books said — all a man needed was a good technique . |
17 | All it needed was a little glue . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | The last thing this scene needed was a non-participating spectator and I am indeed grateful for that privilege . |
20 | All it needed was a touch of the spirit of ‘ Bordah ’ ! |
21 | All it needed was a good tug . |
22 | ‘ I remember her saying that she was trying so damn hard and all she needed was a pat on the back , ’ recalls a friend . |
23 | No , what I really needed was a handful of beta-blockers . |
24 | Insisting that all it needed was a little Lux , he put the painting on the floor and began scrubbing . |
25 | What Hope needed was a stage , a part and an audience . |
26 | With a wry smile he thought to himself that all it needed was a few thousand square miles of northern forest such as might be found in Norway or Canada and they would look completely right . |
27 | What she needed was a list of their names for British Intelligence . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | The cynical might say that all the Prince needed was a mother for a future heir . |
30 | The cynical might say that all the Prince needed was a mother for a future heir . |