Example sentences of "if [pron] [adv] wanted [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't as if I even wanted to sit down and write in the first place . |
| 2 | I could n't work in those circumstances , so I decided this was the right time if I really wanted to do something with my solo career , just break loose completely . ’ |
| 3 | If I really wanted to make it all ‘ organic ’ I 'd take out a section of , like , six guitarists , who could all double up on parts . |
| 4 | However , if I actually wanted to come along and learn some English — I did ‘ O ’ level English , I enjoyed it immensely , but then I did science in the sixth for and went on to a science career — can I come and study English at your school ? |
| 5 | I had n't expected to be able to speak to Alan before the end of the week , but at a quarter to five Sylvia de Groot telephoned to say that he was free now if I still wanted to see him . |
| 6 | Well if I only wanted to know the crossword and every single one is |
| 7 | It 's as if someone today wanted to write down Napoleon 's words and deeds without being able to consult a single written document , only vague memories and anecdotes . |
| 8 | Pulling a face , she clamped her lips together in a comical display of acceptance , although she was beginning to wonder if she actually wanted to know . |
| 9 | With a long shivery sigh , knowing she had no choice , not if she ever wanted to make things right , she climbed wearily to her feet . |
| 10 | If she really wanted to help , she could leave ! |
| 11 | They thought she might be having a baby , and if she really wanted to hurt them she could tell them she might be . |
| 12 | She felt as if she never wanted to go back into the house , as if it had tied her with a million cobweb fine lines , as the Lilliputians had trapped Gulliver , and that she could not get free . |
| 13 | If you wanted to know the answer , and if you also wanted to listen to Messrs Major , Kinnock and Ashdown , you had to keep zapping from channel to channel . |
| 14 | A berserker was a fine thing if you just wanted to kill the enemy ; but if you wanted to manoeuvre , he was harder to handle than a charging bull . |
| 15 | And if you really wanted to blow two years ' wages for a working man , then you could spend $185 on a Style 4 Tri-Plate with full ‘ Chrysanthemum ’ engraving on front , sides and back . |
| 16 | But er , if you , if you really wanted to find out there is quite a lot in colour psychology . |
| 17 | Now if you really wanted to help , and you were concerned about that . |
| 18 | Now if you really wanted to help , and you were concerned about that . |
| 19 | But if you really wanted to make an impression you had to get rid of this Orcadian fast . |
| 20 | But that 's no bad thing , if you ever wanted to sell it . |
| 21 | out of shit and she oh had a different bloke in her flat every night and you never , you , if you ever wanted to see her that was the one really annoying thing you could n't really go and see her and she was hardly ever about . |
| 22 | And one , if you ever wanted to do a bit of homework , to actually really get into the mood for something like this , you want to take a , a single piece , a single little newsy thing , and just practise , try and write it for half a dozen different outlets . |
| 23 | On the couple of occasions that we accidentally met , you looked as if you actually wanted to hit me ! ’ |
| 24 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all , you had to a library and to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now presumably it 's just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 25 | mhm And I suppose in the old days if you actually wanted to know which books were popular and which books were not used at all you had to send a librarian to painstakingly look through the shelves , perhaps , and look at the date stamps or something like that , whereas now it 's presumably just a question of pressing a few buttons and the information comes . |
| 26 | The work was unplaced , but the concept was electrifying — a smooth , lacquered black box with an ominous bulge at one end , looking for all the world as if something inside wanted to escape . |
| 27 | If we really wanted to find out whether the unwesternised Wolof were capable of expressing different points of view , we could do worse than to look for instance at their political activities and see whether , in factional disputes , the lobbying that takes place indicates such an awareness . |
| 28 | Mm , mm , right and are we , I mean if anybody still wanted to put in a motion , there is still time just about . |
| 29 | If they really wanted to find a motive for the murder , they should grill Mrs Sweet . |
| 30 | If they ever wanted to have a moan about anything I did wrong , like using the bathroom too often , they used to tell Lesley to tell me . |