Example sentences of "[coord] it needed [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On a Saturday , when the front platform was piled high with suitcases , his job was even more difficult , and it needed a strong arm to operate the hand-brake effectively on these 18-ton cars .
2 In the case of family planning , the inter-uterine contraceptive device ( IUCD ) was launched in India in the mid-1960s before adequate research showed that many women were physically unsuited to it , and it needed a high level of professional judgement on the part of the paramedical staff inserting it .
3 However , the Baltimore was a good aircraft and it needed a direct hit to knock one down and so , despite our damage , I was able to get the aircraft back to base . ’
4 They went begging and it needed an excellent save from goalkeeper Roberts to deny Saunders again in the 76th minute .
5 But it needed a full-time crammer to get you there and you 're still below average .
6 Before the show , the uniforms were approved by 93 per cent of serving soldiers , but it needed a practised eye to seek out details that distinguished the new gear from smart civilian clothes .
7 But it needed the right impetus to get him out of it .
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