Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pers pn] needed [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Gadsby who travelled across France in 1855 found that he needed two greatcoats and a large travelling wrapper to keep himself warm even though the carriage was supplied with hot footwarmers which were renewed at certain stops along the route . |
| 2 | Okapi was certainly easy to use and most people found that it needed minimal learning and relearning . |
| 3 | Trade unionists knew that they could only achieve a limited level of their ambitions through industrial means and they realized that they needed working class MPs to support them in parliament . |
| 4 | Then came the moment when she finally realized that she needed professional help . |
| 5 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 6 | He discovered that she had an IQ of genius level and announced that she needed firm discipline and intellectual stimulation . |
| 7 | Erm , let's cover one or two things , because about a year ago , in two articles in the local use , sorry who was it ? allowed to sell the accumulated fund from council house sales , on building new houses , and two weeks later the deputy leader of the council , argued that he needed that money invested because the council could n't exist without the interest on it . |
| 8 | We both decided that we needed more detector users to help us on the day , so John contacted members of the Shropshire Antiquities Group , who were more than willing to lend a helping hand . |
| 9 | Still , it sobered us a bit , and after we had taken several more shots we decided that we needed some sleep , to try to get our minds back in gear . |
| 10 | Eventually the family decided that they needed two contracts , one between James and Avril , the other between Anne and her parents . |
| 11 | THE simultaneous publication by national newspapers of a common code of practice and declaration of principles was postponed last night after the chairman and editors of Express Newspapers decided that they needed more time to examine the proposals . |
| 12 | I felt that we needed more energy on record . |
| 13 | Nearly 40 per cent felt that they needed more information about the problems and background of individual children and about one-quarter would have liked more general information about the child as well as more advice about how they could help to meet the child 's needs . |
| 14 | Their circumstances had changed : Mr Singh had a full-time job , they had taken a big step and purchased their council house and Mrs Singh now felt that she needed permanent work herself . |
| 15 | To the bishops , she explained that she needed Protestant support to get the crown matrimonial for the dauphin ; then would she be in a position to combat heresy . |