Example sentences of "if [pers pn] want [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I wanted to be pretentious , I might call this paper an investigation of the sociology of literature . |
| 2 | If I wanted to be happy I should have avoided the pub altogether , or at least had nothing stronger than mineral water . |
| 3 | Before I could say , ‘ You bastards ’ , they were specks in the mist as I huddled from the blizzard behind a boulder wondering if I wanted to be sick yet . |
| 4 | It 's as if we 're taking responsibility for men 's problem , but if I want to be safe , I feel I have to . |
| 5 | Said she could check with the hotel if she wanted to be sure . |
| 6 | Typically , Oliver said that after the marriage Gill ought to call herself Mrs Gillian Wyatt-or-Hughes , that is if she wanted to be logical and grammatical and commonsensical and diplomatic and cumbersome . |
| 7 | If you want to be one of the crowd , there 's no time like now to book a piece of the action . |
| 8 | On the other hand , if you want to be awkward then we will press charges for assault . |
| 9 | If you want to be close to the centre there 's a campsite within the grounds . |
| 10 | If you want to be involved with your local school , let our Branch Educ . |
| 11 | Here 's a list of words you should know if you want to be involved in the PD scene . |
| 12 | IF YOU want to be involved in activities such as these — writing letters to help victims of human rights abuses and campaigning on their behalf — please contact your nearest local group . |
| 13 | Nerves of steel help if you want to be successful in media buying . |
| 14 | If you want to be successful in public relations you must be literate , articulate and numerate and have a flair with words . |
| 15 | If you want to be sure of having deterred the enemy , you have to fire first . |
| 16 | And these are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself if you want to be sure of financial security ! |
| 17 | If you want to be sure of the presence of another rabbit , put more pressure on the line and the ferret will then emerge . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'd better rest if you want to be well enough to travel tomorrow , ’ she suggested coldly . |
| 19 | On the rostrum Joey said : ‘ You really need to be the first man at the Metropole if you want to be first at the finishing line . ’ |
| 20 | And you , Rose , if you want to be useful you may keep everyone away , run any errands I may require , and take over from , or help McAllister , when I tell you to . |
| 21 | ACHINESE proverb has it that if you want to be happy for a week , get married ; for a month , kill a pig ; for a lifetime , plant a garden . |
| 22 | ACCORDING to the British Medical Journal , ‘ If you want to be happy for a night get drunk , for a year get married , and for a lifetime get a garden . ’ |
| 23 | And so too , for some curious reason , did an injunction from his father many , many years before : if you want to be happy , keep out of the public eye . |
| 24 | If you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around and then there is just one way , make a face , make a face , make it as happy as you can and make a face but spread a little joy around and then there is just one way |
| 25 | Make a face , make a face , make it as scary as you can and make a face , if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around and then there is just one way , make a face , |
| 26 | If you want to be happy and have a happy face then spread a little joy around and then there is just one way , make a face , make a face , make it as happy as you can and make a face , if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way . |
| 27 | If you want to be happy and have a happy face then spread a little joy around and then there is just one way , make a face , make a face , make it as happy as you can and make a face , if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way . |
| 28 | make a face , make a face , make it as scary as you can and make a face , if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around and then there is just one way |
| 29 | No , I 'm sorry three times I 've said it , it is not make a face at the end of the chorus , it 's there it , and there is just one way , the chorus says if you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way , then you make the face |
| 30 | If you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way . |