Example sentences of "if he wants " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Though apparently free , it needs its controller ; but the controller must release it to the natural powers , the wind and the air-thermals , if he wants to enjoy its flights .
2 ‘ We 've now got more coaches at the club than National Express , but he can come back if he wants to .
3 If he wants to ‘ elevate freedom of expression above freedom to hide from intellectual challenge , or even vulgar verbal abuse ’ , then why should Muslims not elevate the obligation to defend Muhammad 's honour above the liberal desire to prostitute his reputation ?
4 Perhaps that is also why Mubarak says , or at least why Genet recalls him saying , that if he wants his book ( Prisoner of Love ) to be read he must write it in ‘ a voice that 's sweet but inexorable ’ ( p. 151 ) .
5 I ask Mr Jackson if he wants anything from the shop — you know , like fags or a newspaper or summat , but he says he do n't .
6 One Mr Clarke can not duck away from if he wants to avoid a second Winter of Discontent ..
7 Close ( growls with gum-chewing menace ) : If he wants to jive , he 'll fall in five !
8 If he is n't , it does n't matter what he knows and he can go over my head any day he likes and make the Assistant Commissioner read him the whole report if he wants to .
9 In fact — he wants to leave school after O-levels. £6,000 a year down the drain ! ’ rather a loud voice ) ‘ If he wants to be a sheep farmer in Australia ?
10 If he wants to import vehicles or components from Taiwan or Singapore or Hong Kong into Europe , he 'll go ahead and do it , regardless of the economic consequences for the European countries concerned .
11 ‘ All right , if he wants to walk out , let him . ’
12 You get the feeling that if he wants to play the hard-assed producer , he can .
13 Then it 's that person 's prerogative it 's up to him if he wants to show everyone else where the water is .
14 If he wants to use the whole of the container , he simply turns a tap to allow all the contents to be sucked into the spray tank .
15 ‘ What 'll he do if he wants to go to the lavatory though ? ’
16 In discussing arrangements he will be asked if he wants a clergyman to conduct the funeral service and most frequently the answer to this is yes .
17 B AGEHOT 'S phrase comes in a passage in which he appears to propound the dispiriting theory that a politician , if he wants to get anywhere , must appeal to ‘ the average man ’ .
18 When I eventually got downstairs she said to my Dad , ‘ Tell him his breakfast 's in the oven if he wants it . ’
19 He says that he would not get on so well with her if he had his meals with her , but as he lives quite separately they are very friendly and he likes to know that they are near if he wants company . ’
20 If he wants to talk to Marcus again I 'll arrange it . ’
21 You need to encourage the patient with gentleness , but you will probably have to be firm if he wants to stop a task simply because he feels bored and lazy .
22 If he wants to take up sports again , the patient must be guided by his physiotherapist , so that he does not attempt exercises which are too hard , which would inevitably increase his spasticity .
23 Even so , he managed to spend a Sunday sailing in a friend 's boat , had met a potter who was throwing a dinner service for him ( ‘ will you phone my father and ask him if he wants a coffee set as well ? ’ ) and had found ‘ some beautiful corduroys .
24 If he wants you to go , then you 'll go , and if he does n't , you wo n't , so let him show you he 's in control . ’
25 If he wants greater unity between work and prayer , introduce him to Brother Lawrence .
26 When a retailer sees that stocks of a particular item are running low , or if he wants to sell a new product , he will order a supply of goods .
27 The Director of Swaziland 's Curriculum Research and Development Unit at Manzini must motor miles to Mbabane if he wants to see the Chief Education Officer .
28 He has every right to bare his teeth at ye if he wants to . ’
29 In the same way , you need to know if he wants to be Prime Minister — would you be happy being a high-flier 's wife , with all the pressures that can bring ?
30 In fact , when a pair of any large Cichlids are in a tank of their own care should be taken to ensure that the male does not vent his anger on his mate , if he wants to breed and she is not quite ready .
  Next page