Example sentences of "really [vb base] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Areas can be painted in or you can edit the Attribute screen on a pixel by pixel basis — in magnified mode if you really want to be accurate . |
| 2 | I really want to be successful . ’ |
| 3 | So if you really want to be kind , that 's what you 'll let me do . ’ |
| 4 | If you really want to be energetic , there 's windsurfing and waterskiing here or you can stroll along the beach to where they still make wooden Turkish boats by hand . |
| 5 | If you really want to be devious , you could spend the money on a particle accelerator . |
| 6 | But the last , really seem to be tiny now and |
| 7 | We really try to be clean-cut and poppy , but it does n't work — we f— up somewhere . |
| 8 | cream and grow potatoes and all this and probably they have bees and sell honey and you know they eat er they really try to be self- sufficient sort of community as much as they can . |
| 9 | The fact is that , when children really need to be aggressive , their artificial , if realistic-looking weapons seem to count for less than such natural weapons as teeth and fists . |
| 10 | Even so , when handling and riding horses , we really need to be able to anticipate their emotions , actions and reactions , rather than simply expecting perfect behaviour and performance from them . |
| 11 | Now what you want to do in the privacy of your own home in terms of art is one thing , but if I 'm using public money I really need to be able to justify it . |
| 12 | ‘ Look , Laura , I really need to be clear about one or two things before I can see my way forward . ’ |