Example sentences of "unless [pron] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Live and let live I say , but unless I want to be certain of constantly bumping into parties of rambling Rotarians , I think I will keep off these organised highways . |
| 2 | ‘ It was a hysterical scene — unless you happened to be in the housing offices at the time . ’ |
| 3 | All of this is very unlikely , unless you happened to be lucky enough to attend a reasonably progressive school . |
| 4 | Er all the clothing you had was provided by yourself , boiler suits , boots er there there was no protective clothing at all , there were no protection for your hearing , er there was no what we called leathers as such for er to save you from getting burned with scales off of the rivets , with burning machines etcetera , there were n't there was absolutely no er protective clothing at all , unless you happened to be able to buy it yourself somewhere . |
| 5 | That is , unless you happened to be about to meet them across a conference table . |
| 6 | Unless , Robbie — testing potatoes with a fork — thought darkly , unless you happened to be in love with the person sharing your confinement . |
| 7 | ‘ Unless you want to be shot . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Clear off unless you want to be useful , ’ Nutty said to him . |
| 9 | Unless you want to be force-fed stale angel cakes until you weigh 73 stones , do not tell these jokes at your Aunty 's . |
| 10 | Unless you want to be caught . ’ |
| 11 | Unless you want to be grounded , of course . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Unless you want to be there , your audience will realise that you do n't . |
| 13 | Unless you want to be . |
| 14 | Unless you want to be in the fields . |
| 15 | You do not have to be involved after the initial contact unless you want to be . |
| 16 | Do not have the LH repeat the utterance after you unless you need to be corrected o something . |
| 17 | In real life , the affliction tends to get laughed at — unless you happen to be a sleepwalker , or to live with one . |
| 18 | Unless you happen to be a keen follower of American football , you are more likely to be able to answer the first six questions than the last two . |
| 19 | Would have thought that Forrester 's value would have gone up after Saturdays double strike — and Whelan 's worth more than that , although both have had limited exposure unless you happen to be a Leeds fan . |
| 20 | Playing football , telling a joke or making model aeroplanes are normally seen as second-order experiences , unless one happens to be a professional footballer , a comedian or a model aeroplane manufacturer . |
| 21 | ‘ So perhaps we ought not to seek — unless we wish to be — what we ca n't be — ’ |
| 22 | And unless we happen to be absolute saints , I 'll bet most of us would admit that there have been occasions when we would willingly have ‘ divorced ’ our young ourselves … |
| 23 | Most banks leave customers in non-interest bearing accounts unless they ask to be moved . |
| 24 | To allege incompetence at playing the tuba would not lower most people in the eyes of their fellow citizens — unless they happened to be professional tubists . |
| 25 | ‘ Unless they happened to be a part of it . ’ |
| 26 | The South is a different country so there 's no point in uniting them unless they want to be united . |
| 27 | Their children will in many cases be born stateless ( unless they happen to be born in a country where birth confers the right of citizenship ) . |
| 28 | ‘ Unless they happen to be you ? ’ she finished drily . |
| 29 | Unless they agree to be treated as experts ( see page 37 below ) , individuals will always be private customers if they are not acting in the course of carrying on investment business . |
| 30 | That approach builds teamwork and self-reliance and far from being a cost to the company is a benefit — unless it happens to be the kind of company that requires its employees to operate as autonomous automata . |