Example sentences of "that [pron] needed [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The official told me that the form was not enough and that I needed a letter from my dad saying he lived alone . |
| 2 | I took more time off than usual after the World Championships , feeling that I needed a break . |
| 3 | After reading some articles about close-up and fish photography , I realised that I needed a single lens reflex ( sir ) camera , where the image seen through the viewfinder is actually produced by the lens . |
| 4 | I was very happy ; but I am sure that I needed a sharp lesson in humility and I received it . |
| 5 | I must have recognized that I needed a change ; for no reason short of extreme exhaustion would have induced me to alter my plans with Eliot . |
| 6 | The other day I had a visit from the ‘ music man ’ who told me that I needed a licence to play music in my shop . |
| 7 | But after the cauliflower curry , a couple of pounds of onion rings and six bottles of Kingfisher , I told him that I needed a place to stay out of sight for a few days . |
| 8 | I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital . |
| 9 | It was quite a shock to be told that I had Cancer and that I needed an operation as soon as possible . |
| 10 | " I did n't tell him anything , except that I needed the money . " |
| 11 | Of course , to achieve that I needed the former whore 's co-operation so I secretly sent her the messages . ’ |
| 12 | She felt much better for about 6 weeks , but it was clear that she needed a higher potency in order to cure . |
| 13 | What she did n't want to admit was that she needed a man in it . |
| 14 | I just says to Mrs Sneddon that she needed a new battery for her hearing aid and that a daimen-icker in a thrave didny mean whit she thought it did ! |
| 15 | She found his sophistication so overwhelming that she needed a space in order to assimilate all the things he was introducing into her life . |
| 16 | She did n't know whether to assure him that she needed a dose of his big prick , or a damn good spanking . |
| 17 | She managed to slip the skirt over her head gingerly and settle it in place with its ribbon ties , but she realised that she needed a maid to lace up the front of the separate bodice for her . |
| 18 | His final words were that she needed a nice long holiday after a few days in bed . |
| 19 | Can the Prime Minister tell the House how he squares his vision of a classless Britain with the experience of a constituent of mine from Fulwood , who was told last May that she needed a hip replacement but that she would have to wait 14 months for the operation under the national health service , and who was told that she could have had the operation immediately had she been able to cough up £4,300 ? |
| 20 | She later achieved her Financial Planning Certificate — the incentive for this was that she needed a new tumble drier , so the bonus for completing the qualification was perfectly timed ! |
| 21 | She was still bent to the Dobermann when she discovered that she needed a moment to control a knot of emotion that came from the thought that she would see neither the dog nor its owner again . |
| 22 | Erm well I think she felt that she needed a bit of life cover , you know , with the children and so on and so forth . |
| 23 | I know of a young female who had to show a leading hand a tampon out of her pocket , to prove that she needed a toilet . |
| 24 | But ‘ Mrs Belloc Lowndes felt , I am sure , that she needed no blessings from anyone but her Church ’ . |
| 25 | The mother puzzled Clara particularly , for Clelia evidently assumed that she needed no description or definition , and spoke of her as one whose name is a household word . |
| 26 | It looked as if they were about to push back their chairs and join her at her table , and only just in time , Cassie remembered that she needed no further complications in an already bewildering and uncontrollable life . |
| 27 | S said that she needed the car to take her family to the airport and that in any case they were only abroad for one week out of two , so she would need the car again on her return . |
| 28 | While he did not exactly oppose this suggestion , he added , somewhat enigmatically , that he believed Liza 's trouble was due to circumstances quite beyond her control and that she needed the help not so much of a specialist but a sympathetic friend personally acquainted with her predicament . |
| 29 | He was immensely strong and could ride up almost any hill — he also had scant respect for " rests " so that you needed a vigorous constitution to enjoy it . |
| 30 | Perhaps , to start with , you 'd like to tell me why you felt that you needed a bolt-hole ? |