Example sentences of "if i wanted [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I wanted to be pretentious , I might call this paper an investigation of the sociology of literature . |
| 2 | ‘ Hold on , are you saying that , if I wanted to , I could make people do things , obey me and stuff ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not as if I wanted to . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And I could learn to swim enough , and run , if I wanted to . |
| 7 | The crucial test question to ask is : Could I measure the extent of this undesired behaviour if I wanted to ? |
| 8 | There is no way that I could skive a session , even if I wanted to , wearing my yellow and tartan suit ! |
| 9 | If I wanted to be happy I should have avoided the pub altogether , or at least had nothing stronger than mineral water . |
| 10 | ‘ There 's nothing I can do to prolong the girl 's stay here , even if I wanted to . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They asked me if I wanted to . |
| 12 | I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film . |
| 13 | There was no need for me to get up and prowl around while the rest of the family was sleeping because I could read all night , if I wanted to , and if I did n't get up until the middle of the day , no one seemed to mind very much . |
| 14 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |
| 15 | Kate sighed ‘ Anyway , I could n't stop James , even if I wanted to . |
| 16 | ‘ I could do it if I wanted to , but I do n't want to , ’ he told a gathering of the Computer Journalists Club in Paris yesterday , as he held court on a range of topics , from the US government and economy , to the increasing pervasiveness of personal computer technology . |
| 17 | If I wanted to , I could change my name regardless of the fact that I had not committed any crime . |
| 18 | After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners . |
| 19 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They felt that if I wanted to be on the course , I 'd got to manage the same as everyone else . |
| 20 | If I wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer , I could be one tomorrow . |
| 21 | There 's no going back , even if I wanted to , which I do n't . |
| 22 | I could make it a fairy-tale instead , if I wanted to , Anyway , It 's the capital of the empire ; a courtier starts a liaison with one of the princesses ; the demands she and the impersonate on his time get to be too much , so he secretly has an android made to impersonate him at the endless court rituals and boring receptions ; nobody notices . |
| 23 | What if I wanted to … get involved with your community ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I like him very well , ma'am , ’ Theda said quickly , ‘ but I could n't marry him even if I wanted to — which I do n't . ’ |
| 25 | I should n't be so busy organizing things , I 'd have time to do some nursing if I wanted to . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Not even if I wanted to . |
| 27 | Where did it say I could n't go unarmed if I wanted to ? |
| 28 | And when I asked him what would happen if it got known he just smiled and said I could talk if I wanted to . |
| 29 | He said I could talk if I wanted to … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I could n't even if I wanted to , and I do n't want to . |