Example sentences of "[conj] you want [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So , also there 's something to be said for , I mean , a basic technical thing about the type is that you want to be able to tell the letter apart .
2 But if you 're actually involved in it , and you want to be involved in the people , then I think you have to know something about it .
3 You want to be able at any time to get into the box , perhaps to change the battery , and you want to be able to flip the lid ( the field ) back as though it was on a hinge in order to do this .
4 But in fact is a Rolls Royce a quality car if you want to go shopping and you want to be able to park it in small paces places and get round multistorey car parks ?
5 ‘ I think when you first go into the Home , you 're frightened because you think you 'll be treated possibly as a cabbage or just somebody who ca n't do anything for themselves and that you may be completely dependent on people and you want to be independent .
6 On the other hand , if you want to be awkward then we will press charges for assault .
7 If you want to be close to the centre there 's a campsite within the grounds .
8 If you want to be involved with your local school , let our Branch Educ .
9 Here 's a list of words you should know if you want to be involved in the PD scene .
10 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 .
11 Nerves of steel help if you want to be successful in media buying .
12 If you want to be successful in public relations you must be literate , articulate and numerate and have a flair with words .
13 If you want to be sure of having deterred the enemy , you have to fire first .
14 And these are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself if you want to be sure of financial security !
15 If you want to be sure of the presence of another rabbit , put more pressure on the line and the ferret will then emerge .
16 ‘ You 'd better rest if you want to be well enough to travel tomorrow , ’ she suggested coldly .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 . ’
20 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 .
21 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
22 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 ,
23 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 .
24 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 .
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
26 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
27 If you want to be happy and have a happy face and spread a little joy around then there is just one way .
28 No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy .
29 I do n't care if you want to be pretty .
30 But if you want to be humane you do n't last long as Minister with Special Responsibility for Immigration because the policies you have to carry out are so inhumane .
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