Example sentences of "i needed [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I experienced the agonisingly slow passage of time and decided that I needed to go to the toilet .
2 I needed to go to the toilet , and with every step I took there seemed to be more convulsions from my guts .
3 but when we got up to the top of the house I needed to go to the toilet .
4 After beginning to interview people in depth , I realised that , to explain this juxtaposition of apparently contradictory values within individuals , I needed to go beyond the conceptual framework set by clinicians and sociologists alike .
5 I was paid by the dry weight and you can imagine how many bucketfuls I needed to scrape off the rocks to earn myself any return at all .
6 I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was .
7 I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was .
8 I went on the road when I was 19 , I needed to come off the road so I knew who I was .
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