Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] if i [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was n't exactly what I had in mind when I asked the council if I could donate some money for a seat in the park ’
2 I asked the University if I could be last to get my degree , I was so sure he 'd make it back in time .
3 ‘ I asked the University if I could be last to get my degree , I was so sure he 'd make it back in time .
4 But I summoned all my German and asked the maestro if I could do it myself .
5 When I did Nurse Ratchett in One Flew Over The Cuckoo 's Nest up in Manchester I read the novel and found a speech in the book that was really wonderful on the character and I asked the director if I could read it for him .
6 ‘ This heavy-duty polythene should do the trick if I can wedge it across the gaps . ’
7 Well , I may send a telegram if I can work a few days off at Athens .
8 realistically I would like a job if I could get one and I 'm feeling very pessimistic about getting one , because the chances of getting a job at my age , when there 's youngsters coming around
9 I told him I had planned to take him to lunch but he said he could n't wait as he had some business to attend to , but he 'd be in a pub called the Banker if I could pick him up about three .
10 Oh that 's erm ah yes , I should try to use the calculator if I could find it on the machine !
11 ‘ They were so patient with me at the beginning until I understood English better ; they would ask one of the secretaries in Wales to type a letter if I could n't .
12 I brought it with me and I would n't have taken the job if I could n't have continued it here .
13 And Lawrence confirmed yesterday : ‘ I would not discount making a move if I could get him for something like £700,000 . ’
14 Obviously you 'll get a refund if I can solve
15 I am no expert on pickups but I do n't want to get a replacement if I can fix the existing one .
16 Erm I 'd like just to re remind the county if I could about the question I did put in my opening er remarks that er we would like some view from them as to whether if their if their strategic exceptions policy is n't er ultimately included in the structure plan they would object to the principle of us er pursuing this sort of approach through our local plan .
17 My Lords , erm I would like to take the opportunity if I may just to refer very briefly to one amendment of mine on page two , line eighteen after the second of insert not less than .
18 And I came to ask the doctor if I could get H R T. And she took my blood pressure and it was too high
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