Sentence examples for needed to be won from inspiring English sources

Hearts and minds needed to be won, and stomachs too.

A faction of the most senior members of the FA still needed to be won over, considering his knowledge of European football to be redundant in this process.

She could tip you a smile to melt your heart, cajole, flatter, and win you in any way you needed to be won.

Skipper Rockliff finished with a game-high 39 disposals, 12 tackles and six clearances and, together with former Blue Mitch Robinson (22 disposals, 11 tackles), was everywhere for Brisbane when the game needed to be won.

Last year, under the leadership of Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri, House Democrats consciously avoided a national message, on the theory that races needed to be won district by district.

It was no more than Swansea deserved on the balance of play but nothing like as much as they had hoped for from a game that needed to be won to give their survival prospects a genuine lift.

"We needed to be winning at halftime and we weren't," safety Shaun Williams said.

England needed to be winning the Six Nations and World Cups to sustain the game financially and that was not going to happen under the current set-up.

-Who would need to be won over?

Still, many locals remain wary and will need to be won over, Mr. Leupold said.

But this fight began on college campuses, and it needs to be won there.