Example sentences of "but if [pron] want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we want to give a definite end to the melody we can bring in a more complete restatement of the original theme . |
| 2 | But if we want to consider how life arose , we have to look back a further thousand million years beyond even the earliest micro-fossils , to a time when the earth was completely lifeless and still cooling after its birth . |
| 3 | But if we want to adopt an approach to family life which is Christ-centred in its essence , we must ask how we are to glorify God in the relationship of parents to children and children to parents . |
| 4 | They are also likely to be the most difficult , independent , bad-tempered , and stubborn ; but if they want to work for you they have the strength of character to extend themselves to their utmost limits , and further than other horses . |
| 5 | ‘ But if they wanted to kidnap you , why did n't they make a better job of it ? ’ asked Jack . |
| 6 | It 's all very well for all the major computer manufacturers to say that all the money is in software and services these days , and that hardware is a commodity business , but if no-one wants to make the hardware , there 's no industry . |
| 7 | But if I want to move up the ladder I 'll have to go elsewhere . ’ |
| 8 | But if I want to hear the long , late-night groove on side two , I have to play the album . |
| 9 | But if I want to play the odd tournament here and there , I will . |
| 10 | But if I want to play real loud I just go down to my basement — I have a stack down in my basement and just crank that up ! ’ |
| 11 | But if I wanted to buy poison , a rare exotic poison such as belladonna , crushed diamond or arsenic , where would I go ? ’ |
| 12 | Pat , Gabriel and I had spent some years unpicking these variables , but if I wanted to study the cellular events occurring in the minutes after the behavioural stimulus had ceased and representing distinct stages in memory formation , then imprinting would n't be the model of choice . |
| 13 | But if she wants to put right a mistake , she may keep a promise like that . ’ |
| 14 | But if she wants to attract new audiences this will not be achieved without a change of programming . |
| 15 | But if she wants to get her own food , or offers her help to you with the family cooking , all this will have to be sorted out very carefully . |
| 16 | ‘ She has n't quite got it right , but if she wants to come round my flat … ’ |
| 17 | There was the usual Park — Reverse — Neutral Drive pattern , but if he wanted to control the gear changes himself all he had to do was move the gear lever across the bottom of the gate , while in Drive . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want to talk to you , ’ said Captain Smollett , ‘ but if you want to talk to me , you may come . ’ |
| 19 | But if you want to talk straight that 's okay . |
| 20 | It does this extremely efficiently , but if you want to use the tool for conventional drilling and screwdriving , the hammer action must be switched off and you need an SDS adaptor ( Part No A13123 ) which will screw into a ½in chuck with a ½in female thread fitting ( part No . |
| 21 | I says no I ca n't , he says it 's not very far , I said it 's not the distance that bothers me it 's the fact that you want us to sit there till eleven o'clock at night and not get paid for it , he says yeah but if you want to say something , I says I 'd say something if I thought we 'd be backed on it , but we 're not , oh I 'm not going anywhere to be if I 'm not being paid |
| 22 | But on the same score I 'm afraid I must be an a narrow minded urban socialist well okay , I 've never lived in a city but if you want to call me that , fine . |
| 23 | But if you want to tackle the problem at the source then we must be on our way soon . ’ |
| 24 | 7 Measure the area exactly and scale it down for transfer to squared paper — a large scale would be 1.2 cm ( ½ in ) per 30 cm ( 12 in ) , but if you want to mark in all the plants in all the beds , it would have to be of the order of 5 cm/30 cm ( 2 in/12 in ) . |
| 25 | I have used it for children 's jacquard sweaters but if you want to do this then knit the welt from * to * finishing at the left of the bed . |
| 26 | Er if but if you want to do something like that , to organise something , because if it goes on A five |
| 27 | But if you want to draw the regular one You can sit and do this backwards and work out what the angles are . |
| 28 | It does come packed in a box of course , but if you want to join a knitting club or class and are asked to bring your machine with you , you may wish you had a carrying case with a handle . |
| 29 | But if you want to improve the quality of your sex life , you have nothing to lose and everything to gain . |
| 30 | ‘ I found him waiting , Father , but if you want to sell him ? ’ |