Example sentences of "[pers pn] needed [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I needed emotional support . |
| 2 | ‘ I needed practical help , ’ she says . |
| 3 | I needed new material . |
| 4 | I needed that custom out of the Soviet Union , I needed it bloody badly . |
| 5 | I needed that lesson just as you needed yours . |
| 6 | It was a great learning experience and I needed that time , but I was n't moving in leaps and bounds . |
| 7 | ‘ I needed that job . |
| 8 | I needed full time help . |
| 9 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 10 | But bitterly I regret that I needed another man 's hands to help me , and he in ignorance . ’ |
| 11 | After catching on a short pole and rod and line I was quite happy with the venue but was still convinced I needed another practice session — time was running out and the only day available was the one after the Division 1 National . |
| 12 | If , at this point in my career , I needed public subsidy in order to function as a film-maker , I 'd be a disgrace . |
| 13 | If I needed any proof that I bore you , that you do n't care about me — ’ |
| 14 | as if I needed any incentive . |
| 15 | Went to look up her reading , they said had to pay I 've used three times as much gas as I did three times as much gas as I needed last time |
| 16 | I sent mine back to John Le Masurier , a former National Coach and now in charge of the Team Secretariat , saying that I needed more competition . |
| 17 | Perhaps I needed more courage to retire than to carry on . |
| 18 | Sensing , or knowing , that my days in my native land were numbered , he asked me if I needed foreign currency . |
| 19 | Among the frolicking number was a Catholic priest discovered stark naked and coupled in ‘ deep meditation ’ with a nubile masseuse — all in the line of duty , or so he made out , ‘ I needed this experience to understand the problems of my parishioners . ’ |
| 20 | Dear God , as if I needed this complication ! |
| 21 | Then I realised that I was actually contemplating accepting the senator 's offer , and I told myself that the last thing I needed this summer was to babysit two spoilt rich-kid junkies . |
| 22 | ‘ I needed this piece and as I was looking around I saw exactly what I needed on this motor bike so I took it and now these guys want to kill me . ’ |
| 23 | you know , if they want the first day , then there gon na have to do another lot so what 's the point of sort of yourself out with fucking , I was n't really sure at the time that I wanted to go to so , you know , I , I said no I needed this job , but probably a bad I 've been offered a couple of month one 's as well , one month and two month 's , but I mean the trouble is |
| 24 | ‘ Maybe someone thought I needed some fizz , you know ? |
| 25 | I needed some change so I got two sausage rolls , I 'm gon na wire them up on microwave in a bit right ? |
| 26 | I said I needed some air , but if I do n't go back soon … |
| 27 | I needed some comfort after the election result so I turned to it for some like-minded thought . |
| 28 | ‘ Last monsoon when I needed some musk to rub on a snake-bite , I did n't have to look far . |
| 29 | ‘ I needed some time on my own . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I needed some time alone in which to get my head together — you 're very much of a distraction , ’ he murmured . |