Example sentences of "[that] if [pron] wanted [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now a lot of people when that was first mentioned said ‘ I do n't need that , it 's all right you can look at them if you want to ’ , but afterwards , half-way through their course , they wanted to know that they were theirs and other people would n't see them and have this reassurance that if they wanted to watch it and then wipe it blank , or if they wanted to wipe it blank without ever having seen it themselves , they could do that and no-one was going to ask ‘ What 's going on ? ’ . |
| 2 | Well , of course , it did not take very long for people to realize that if someone wanted to sell his company and retire to the country with the proceeds , these provisions could be used to postpone payment of capital gains tax almost indefinitely so long as he was prepared to continue to hold the shares issued to him and to treat them as an investment . |
| 3 | Oh well that 's really turning it round , is n't it ? erm My feeling is that it would work very well provided there was a , a safeguard , and that is that if you wanted to argue you could . |
| 4 | I was however sent an Agenda , on loan and with the very clear proviso that if I wanted to keep it I would have to pay for it . |
| 5 | The painter told Marama that if he wanted to live he must go to Rarotonga and receive treatment . |
| 6 | Claudia twisted away from him , conscious that if he wanted to keep her close to him she had n't a chance . |
| 7 | Anyway it , it does n't alter the fact that if she wanted to do something , erm , really . |
| 8 | He had so manipulated the situation that if she wanted to do what she could for the twins she had no alternative but to agree to his terms . |
| 9 | Our manager replied that it was not company policy to divulge personal details of employees ( mad joggers or not ! ) and that if she wanted to take it further , she should write in . |