Example sentences of "i [adv] need [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I so need to be walking up the stairs and pushing open the studio door , and seeing him at his bench , looking over his shoulder at me , as if he 's not in the least interested to see who it is . |
| 2 | I just needed to be told to change my ways . ’ |
| 3 | I desperately needed to be everyone 's ‘ perfect person ’ — a perfect daughter , sister , girlfriend and friend . |
| 4 | I hardly need to be too soul-searching to understand my reasonable response . |
| 5 | I also need to be called Alain . |
| 6 | I also needed to be knowledgeable about the procedures , likely outcomes and prognosis so that I could give full and accurate explanations to Mrs Allen . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , Laura , I really need to be clear about one or two things before I can see my way forward . ’ |
| 8 | Now what you want to do in the privacy of your own home in terms of art is one thing , but if I 'm using public money I really need to be able to justify it . |
| 9 | To be honest , at the time I really needed to be dropped but there was no-one else at the club ready to take over . |
| 10 | ‘ Please take notice that I sometimes need to be the real me ’ , is what she seems to be really saying through the way she 's portrayed herself . ’ |
| 11 | I think perhaps that I actually needed to be able to think the worst of you , however personally unpalatable that worst was to me , as some sort of a defence , so that I could despise you even if it meant despising myself as well . |
| 12 | I suppose it amuses me and I never needed to be amused before , not when he was here to do it . |