Example sentences of "she needed [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt much better for about 6 weeks , but it was clear that she needed a higher potency in order to cure . |
| 2 | She needed a regular fix from Alan , to reassure her that the world was still familiar , manageable , subject to known laws . |
| 3 | His final words were that she needed a nice long holiday after a few days in bed . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | She could n't really afford it and when she needed a new cylinder it had to be humped up three flights of stairs , always a nuisance for which she had to enlist the help of one of her boyfriends , but when she got cold Theresa 's fingers turned numb , white , bloodless lumps that no longer seemed to belong to her hands . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | Now we do have some dresses that are like that , but the ordinary ones , I think were made in , because she needed a new dress and she needed it pretty soon , so some of the sewing is just terrible . |
| 8 | Tonight she needed a long soft loving , and he was the man to give it to her . |
| 9 | She needed a real shoulder to cry on . |
| 10 | The very reason she had applied to the shipping company for a job was that she felt she needed a complete break , a change of scene . |
| 11 | She needed a little experience here in the provinces first , of course , just enough to give her finesse and confidence , not too much so that she became jaded , and then … |
| 12 | She needed a good diet sheet and daily workouts , Mary Rose decided , and began advising her how to go about it . |
| 13 | Mrs Over said : ‘ In November last year she was working extremely hard and decided she needed a three-week holiday . |
| 14 | ‘ I wonder why she came , though ? ’ he said , ‘ she does n't look as if she needed a free meal . |
| 15 | If ever she needed a clear head , it was now . |
| 16 | She needed a short cultural briefing session for a Japanese employee newly arrived in Manchester . |
| 17 | She felt she needed a little pampering . |
| 18 | That , at least , should be fun , and how she needed a little light relief ! |
| 19 | The Hochhauser Season had come along just at the right time , a time when she needed a little excitement , a little glamour , a little of the old camaraderie that she had known with her friends in Vienna . |
| 20 | I 'd have thought she needed a steady young chap . ’ |
| 21 | She needed no second bidding . |
| 22 | It took time for her to find out , but she needed no other evidence than her eyes to tell her Ferdinando had lost interest in the pretty maid . |
| 23 | But a few instants later , she needed no other support than the strong arms that seized her and gathered her to a broad chest , the lips in her hair uttering the words that sent the blood rushing through her veins . |
| 24 | This time she needed no further invitation . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | At the beginning of the war Russia had felt able to commit no more than a quarter of her field army to the southern part of the empire , as she needed the other three-quarters on her western frontier to defuse possible threats from Austria , Prussia and Sweden . |
| 27 | She needed the hot draught of caffeine to clear her head . |
| 28 | She needed the whole world to be miserable . |
| 29 | She needed the crazy auxie , and she needed the crazy auxie 's armour-piercing grenades . |
| 30 | She needed the crazy auxie , and she needed the crazy auxie 's armour-piercing grenades . |