Example sentences of "[pers pn] needed be " 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 ? |
| 18 | It was strange not being able to communicate but someone who could speak English was always on hand to translate and often all I needed were those wonderful smiles and greetings from people . |
| 19 | What I needed were points on the line which exist rather than those which are only theoretical . |
| 20 | What you needed was a Gofer : someone who had nothing else to do but look after you and your team . |
| 21 | With arts budgets being slashed by the government , stand-up comedy became a cheap and effective form of entertainment — all you needed was an upstairs room in a pub and a small PA system . |
| 22 | had erm eggs , butter , tea , everything you could you needed was in there , and tins of all different kind of soup and were apples , oranges , everything was in there , in the parcel . |
| 23 | With a good , happy and well-looked-after staff and a first-class butler in charge of everything , all you needed was a committee of half a dozen blokes who were elected by popular vote to keep an eye on things and keep things lively , come up with new ideas , that sort of stuff . |
| 24 | ‘ I seem to recall hearing you say that the last thing you needed was a husband-hunting female who thinks this is some sort of pleasure cruise . |
| 25 | Mrs Hodges had never mastered the idea of colour in a salad , she seemed to think what you needed was a match . |
| 26 | And all you needed was the brief message that you had to send . |
| 27 | All you needed was your soap and your shampoo and you 'd of been alright ! |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | All she needed was a touch from my magic wand . |
| 30 | The last thing she needed was to be up in front of the stewards again . |