Example sentences of "if [pron] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Payment would be based on a pooled system : if everyone wanted the same coverage costs would be shared . |
| 3 | The ozone layer , as an environmental issue , is the most essential at the moment , and can be fixed tomorrow if everyone wanted . |
| 4 | Basically , if I wanted another job I was going to have to lie — and I was n't very good at that . |
| 5 | I went out and slammed the door behind me , turning the key in the lock as if I wanted to safeguard the proof of the crime and its only witnesses , repeating the same English phrase , over and over again , ‘ Just you wait and see . ’ |
| 6 | If I wanted to be pretentious , I might call this paper an investigation of the sociology of literature . |
| 7 | In fact , he said if I wanted to bring along some mates , he 'd get us all in free . |
| 8 | She said I could keep any of the stuff she left behind , or sell it if I wanted , but I du n no about that . |
| 9 | If I wanted assistance , I was to speak into the intercom . |
| 10 | ‘ Mrs Wright asked if I wanted a lift home , then she went to that house , the one in the photograph . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He asked me if I wanted to attest . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Hold on , are you saying that , if I wanted to , I could make people do things , obey me and stuff ? ’ |
| 13 | Half of me wanted to ‘ wow ’ everyone with how good I looked — show them I could do it , be thin if I wanted — but half of me also wanted them not to notice . |
| 14 | Deputed to get his own disguise , he went off fuming to a wig shop : ‘ And the lady started to go through all kinds of salesmanship to sell me the wig and if I wanted to swim , I did n't want to swim , and I 'm sitting there knowing that this meeting is going to start very soon and I can not — lady , let's get on with it , I do n't give a damn , just give me a wig . ’ |
| 15 | An upper-class homosexual-looking man with white hair and glittering eyes came up to me and asked if I wanted to go to a Black Mass . |
| 16 | He turned his head to stare at me as if he could n't at once comprehend my interest , but then , understanding , said of course I could go if I wanted to . |
| 17 | Dee-Dee drifted in and out , offering coffee and company , and Tremayne put his head in to say he was going to Oxford to see his tailor , and to ask if I wanted an opportunity to shop . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not as if I wanted to . |
| 19 | Nigel asked me if I wanted to stay the weekend . |
| 20 | I was asked if I wanted to go . |
| 21 | I never knew his name ; if I wanted to quote him by name , I would have to get permission . |
| 22 | Before I could say , ‘ You bastards ’ , they were specks in the mist as I huddled from the blizzard behind a boulder wondering if I wanted to be sick yet . |
| 23 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 24 | ‘ If I wanted to go to war with somebody , ’ Bradshaw said , ‘ they would n't exist any more . |
| 25 | And I could learn to swim enough , and run , if I wanted to . |
| 26 | The crucial test question to ask is : Could I measure the extent of this undesired behaviour if I wanted to ? |
| 27 | The driver could take me all the way to Inverness if I wanted . |
| 28 | When I said she did n't , he rang for his chauffeur and told me he was going to see her and asked if I wanted to go with him . |
| 29 | I sat alone in a compartment , coming to terms with the fact that I was free at last and if I wanted to put my feet up on the opposite seat or take off my tie , no one in uniform had the right to bustle in and call me Airwoman in that well-known disapproving voice . |
| 30 | ‘ And if I wanted to promote someone , I would choose the person who had worked well in the community . ’ |