Example sentences of "need were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people who were not needed were leaving Liverpool each evening to sleep in the woods at Huyton or at various halls and cinemas on the outskirts of the city , but Julia was too frail to be moved . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | What he needed were sticks , thick ones . |
| 4 | Consumers deprived of the information and advice they needed were quite simply at the mercy of every rogue in the marketplace . |
| 5 | He is my oldest friend , and it was his wedding , but he was looking mogadonic with self-satisfaction , so I purloined the camera and announced that what the wedding album needed were a few art shots . |
| 6 | Yet , it is claimed , all that he really needed were attributes , or more accurately , qualities . |
| 7 | What I needed were points on the line which exist rather than those which are only theoretical . |
| 8 | As the kettle began to boil , she realised that the mugs she needed were stowed beneath the sink . |
| 9 | The self-supporting peasant was transformed into a spender of money , for all the things he needed were now in the shops . |
| 10 | Right , well that 's good well that 's what we needed were n't it something like that ? |