Example sentences of "i needed was " 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 | All I needed was 10 pence — which was what you had to pay in those days if you said you came from the previous stop — but I did n't even have that . |
| 3 | What I needed was totally impartial advice . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | What I needed was a board to go with it . |
| 6 | The last thing I needed was her going all human on me . |
| 7 | All I needed was a chorus pedal and a booster . |
| 8 | After winning ‘ New Faces ’ , the first thing I needed was a musical director . |
| 9 | ‘ He said what I needed was throwing on the floor and to be given a good seeing to , ’ she told the Norwich hearing . |
| 10 | Derek had another inspiration : what I needed was fresh air . |
| 11 | The doctors there said all I needed was love and attention . ’ |
| 12 | What I needed was medicine , real bad . |
| 13 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 14 | All I needed was fuel , and I would have a fire . |
| 15 | What I needed was something like a slightly battered Ford Transit van , and I knew exactly where I could borrow one . |
| 16 | The last thing I needed was being branded a mugger . |
| 17 | I said well you see I was making a time machine and all I needed was one more microchip and what was sitting right up under my nose ? |