Example sentences of "to see [subord] i could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to see if I could experience it . |
| 2 | I had to go over there just to see how dockers worked over there , to see if I could improve it here , well I could n't because dockers would n't do what they , they were doing in Holland . |
| 3 | Corman admitted , ‘ I did one film really more as a joke to see if I could do it ; filmed it in two days and a night . |
| 4 | Our own son had practised Ramadan on one of his trips to the Middle East ‘ just to see if I could do it ’ . |
| 5 | enquired just to see if I could do it but er |
| 6 | Accordingly , one winter 's day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place in America , I decided to see if I could find him . |
| 7 | When a pump action toothpaste tube became empty in my bathroom , I decided to take it apart to see if I could put it to further use . |
| 8 | I thought I 'd write to a few comedians to see if I could get them to sit for a portrait , to get a few shots together for my portfolio , and then , suddenly , this snowball seemed to start rolling … |
| 9 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |