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Can anyone suggest another way of saying 'needed to'. As I'm writing a short story and the main character keeps needing to do jobs (sometimes she decides she needs to) and apart from 'had to' I can't think of another way to say 'needed to'.
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Changing the sentence structure might give you more options and introduce variety.
Or show why the job is important.
After... she...
Having... she turned her attention to...
'Oh, the...' she thought (without speech marks)
It didn't take her long to...
Before she could get round to... she...
There. That is how irritating I find it.
I could never work in a coffee shop because every time someone asked if they could 'get' a coffee, I'd have to say "No, I'm sorry, customers aren't allowed behind the counter."
Yes, go ahead if you don't mind being covered in scalding coffee as the paper cup buckles.