Sentence examples for needs to get by from inspiring English sources

And Spanish banks, helped by cheap and bountiful cash from the European Central Bank's loan program, continue to lend Madrid the money it needs to get by.

She makes only as much as she needs to get by, works relatively short hours, smokes a lot of weed with her artist friends, and pays no federal income tax at all!

Minimum wages are traditionally based on an assessment of what employers can afford (though George Osborne's new version targets 60% of the typical wage) rather than the earnings a household actually needs to get by.

It is, no doubt, a noble goal to be fluent in a foreign language or three, but sometimes what one really needs to get by in New York is a handy snippet, like "I'll have the shrimp dumplings," or "Please, sir, your Speedo is scaring the children".

And as embodied with sharp edges and a soft center by Ms. Lewis, Tanya comes across as a woman of firm pride who will do what she needs to get by, but remains sensitive to how she is perceived by others, and quick to take offense.

The estimations are for a no-frills budget; they cover only what a family needs to get by and exclude savings, splurges or minor luxuries like eating out.

As Dave and I sat down to our first dinner as husband and wife, Aretha's "You're All I Need to Get By", the song that I walked down the aisle to, 'randomly' appears at the perfect time.

He was a mediocre student, who did only the work he needed to get by.

Four months later, the counsellor reported, "Teena does what is needed to get by.

I'm ready to do what I need to get by".

One in five people earn less than the wage they need to get by.