Example sentences of "if he wanted " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , where Dorothy was concerned , that was his only strategy if he wanted to secure her in the end . |
| 2 | Shah said he wrote to Knighton when his offer to buy out the shareholding of United 's chief executive , Martin Edwards , was first made public , and received a phone call last Friday from Knighton , who asked him if he wanted to participate in the deal . |
| 3 | But , even if he wanted the job , his politics would probably rule him out . |
| 4 | She knew that if he wanted to he could have killed her ; without apparent effort he held off her attack once the first shock had past . |
| 5 | He knew that he would have to go to her if he wanted her . |
| 6 | If he wanted more he used to get it . |
| 7 | He does n't smoke or drink , and even if he wanted to , two heart attacks and a by-pass operation have made the decision for him . |
| 8 | In the course of it Edward Lucas , a BBC Prague correspondent , asked Havel directly if he wanted to be president . |
| 9 | There was an eloquence about his hand movements and I realized also that he could be a dancer if he wanted to be . |
| 10 | Any money that he wanted he had to ask for , or if he wanted to buy anything he had to ask for it . |
| 11 | He did n't think this world would last for ever and if he wanted to leave he should leave . |
| 12 | When George Bush called for Saddam to be deposed , it was clear that : he did not want the Kurds to do it ( that would displease Turkey , Syria , Iran and Russia , and therefore , everybody else ) ; he did not want the Shiites to do it ( that would please Iran and so displease everybody else ) ; and he was not sure if he wanted the Sunnis to do it ( because that might make the Kurds and the Shiites do it , too ) . |
| 13 | The word computer was peculiar , and so was the word Creator , for her father would never say God , but always Creator , as if he wanted to limit God 's significance to his engineering activity . |
| 14 | He was speaking very slowly and clearly , as if he wanted to make sure that the boy understood . |
| 15 | He rewarded me with a puzzled smile , as if he wanted to show he did not quite believe me , then with a kiss from sun-blistered lips , dry and firm . |
| 16 | It was as if he wanted to see but not be seen . |
| 17 | He could make it warmer if he wanted to . |
| 18 | Sequestered that weekend in sealed hotel rooms , without television , the jurors themselves could not enjoy it ; but the trial judge comforted the prosecutor , who was growing anxious about the delay , with the thought that he could watch it if he wanted , to pass the time . |
| 19 | Nolan regularly rides the horse , Chickweed , that Angela Brickell had care of , and there would have been opportunities for sex at race meetings , like in a horse-box , if he wanted to take the risk . |
| 20 | He had his mandate , he was truly his own boss and if he wanted to sleep , he would . |
| 21 | Endill did not know if he wanted to be hard but was too tired to argue . |
| 22 | He was more than the anchor man , everyone knew that , and if he wanted to put a regular science spot in the program , the producer would n't agree . |
| 23 | He arrived at his final year at high school in good fettle and with enough good grades to get to university if he wanted . |
| 24 | And it would n't be me , so , that killed you , but God himself , for if he wanted you alive , sure he 'd hold back the tide for you like Moses and the Red Sea ! ’ |
| 25 | She quoted to me an odd and illuminating point , that if he wanted to take a bath when he was with friends , he could not see why they should not all be in the bath together , boys and girls , black and white . |
| 26 | He insisted that no one but he himself could decide whether he was going to drink or not and anyway , he had plenty of money , enough to buy all the drink in the bar if he wanted . |
| 27 | When she put her head round the door and asked in her usual , conspiratorial manner if he wanted tea , Henry said , ‘ Tea would be a delight , my dear ! ’ |
| 28 | I felt he could stop his pulse if he wanted to and induce his own death . |
| 29 | If he wanted to depress himself he could very easily , thinking on this subject , but he was not used to looking too far ahead in this life . |
| 30 | He had no qualms about dropping players he thought were off form , but would talk to them individually to encourage them , or if he wanted to make a point arising from their game . |