Sentence examples for needed a boy from inspiring English sources

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"Chancer," Dulebohn says, "really needed a boy".

I was born in Dallas, Texas, and I started dancing at 14 because some girls I knew needed a boy to be the solider in The Nutcracker.

At 3 ½, he was too young for Irish dance school, so he began training at another school (at no cost, because it needed a boy).

When they needed a boy they gave William his first professional acting job.

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Every generation needs a boy band, and One Direction fit the bill.

The track's defiant sampled refrain, 'I need a man/ Don't need a boy" captures the unsettling atmosphere perfectly.

On learning that he can, indeed, handle a bicycle well she issues an instruction: "We need a boy for Saturday.

Rolling her eyes at the boy-crazy antics of one of the girls in "Wet Side Story," Ms. Mitchell's character asks, "Why does she need a boy to be happy?" (The answer: "Because it's 1962").

They are the equivalents of servants: it's all been mechanised so you don't need a boy to turn the lights on any more, you just press an electric switch.

"Other remarks like, 'It's because you're a girl,' or 'We need a boy to be partners with this girl so she's not lost,' are fairly frequent in the classroom," she said.

"I just felt that perhaps the boys needed a bit of a shake up and something different," said Harvey.

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