Example sentences of "if you must [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take your ghost with you if you must go . |
| 2 | ‘ For God 's sake , Elizabeth , if you must go rushing off to protest meetings , could n't you have done your protesting there , and let the rest of us sleep in peace ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , if you must go I 'll run you back in the car , ’ said Mark , much to Penelope 's disappointment . |
| 4 | If you must go , for God 's sake turn up sober and keep your hands to yourself . |
| 5 | Look , if you must do something you can stand at the kitchen door and shout . |
| 6 | it 's like the , cos I keep saying if you must do those F's you do it at school I said , but do not do them for me , I said if you do I do not want to see them , but again you 've got a conflict there between home and school |
| 7 | If you must place one unit directly behind another , make sure it is a unit that does n't suffer from Animosity . |
| 8 | If you must plot , you two wiseheads , begin plotting now towards that happy end . |
| 9 | If you must compare us with Paris , then look at the international visitors figures . |
| 10 | And if you must tell your dearest friend your secret then you must tell others too , for inevitably the world will get to know and you will blame your dearest friend and lose him . |
| 11 | ‘ Put this on if you must wander about the house . ’ |
| 12 | If you must give us presents , make sure they 're safe and sensible , and designed for pets . |
| 13 | If you must wear a jacket , cut the buttons off and fasten it with string through the button holes . |
| 14 | If you must walk alone at night keep a look out for potential ambush spots and cross the road to avoid them . |
| 15 | If you must exercise flights of fancy , I 'd much rather you concentrated on working out how Chatterton could have committed murder . |
| 16 | ‘ If you must quote , quote accurately , Lewis ! |
| 17 | As bread and milk are not especially nutritious , if you must feed them try putting out dog food , raw mince , raw liver and scrambled egg . |
| 18 | ‘ If you must smoke you could at least go in the living room while I 'm cooking , ’ said Rodney . |
| 19 | Th erm , the the other one that came up was erm , er and even Anne agreed that er , smoking if you must smoke is is for adults , not for children , now how do you erm , we 've we 've touched on advertising , is there anything else that might be done to dissuade children from smoking ? |
| 20 | get it and er they 've brought the full and then they say if you must smoke , smoke then with a filter tip one and that |
| 21 | If you MUST change something make a written note of it so that no muddles arise later . |
| 22 | ‘ If you must add more colour , dab it a little lower down , on a line with your ear lobes . ’ |
| 23 | If you must add indifferent points to good ones , at least put the good ones first . |
| 24 | ‘ If you must write — you do n't need to by the way , I can earn enough to support my family — but if you really must , you should always write ‘ Mrs Nigel Hughes ’ at the end of it and tell the editor you are married to me . ’ |
| 25 | If you must play background music , keep the volume very low — your partner 's senses will be especially acute — and stick to ‘ New Age ’ music which has been composed for meditation and deep relaxation . |
| 26 | In fact , I sent Geoffrey away , if you must know ! ’ she shrilled . |
| 27 | ‘ If you must know , our Emily was n't an only child . |
| 28 | He said , ‘ If you must know , I broke my legs playing football . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We did n't go into the back close if you must know . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ She 's been having trouble with her periods , if you must know , ’ she says , imputing a prurient inquisitiveness to Vic , although she is well aware that such gynaecological disclosures are the last thing he wants , especially at this hour of the morning . |