Example sentences of "[adv] if [pron] could [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And perhaps if you could stop the snow and see us all safely back to the quarry as well , that would be a big help . |
| 2 | So if the lady was on fire , you 'd leave it basically to the Fire Brigade , obviously if you could help the lady , get a ladder up to the window to get her out of the room or something like that , you would do that , you would help in any way you can , but the real experts are the Fire Brigade so we leave all the er real technical stuff to the Fire Brigade . |
| 3 | Only if we could picture the universe in terms of imaginary time would there be no singularities . |
| 4 | It referred to a note which he 'd included with the Firearm Certificate application form and the fee , saying that he ( Sampson ) had a chance at a Weatherby Magnum Deluxe rifle at a price that was madness , but only if he could wrap the deal up within a few days . |
| 5 | Not a true beauty , but the girl beckoned you off the paper ; confident , sexy , that face invited you to join in if you could stand the pace . |
| 6 | I just thought I 'd find out if I could have the time off — in case . ’ |
| 7 | She recalled her own efforts , with few words and much gesturing , to find out if she could collect the washing , all clean and dried , in two hours . |
| 8 | Cos well if you could have the kids you know ! |
| 9 | Until William Green 's death in 1823 there were not many options open to those people who had the leisure to travel even if they could resist the siren songs of the ‘ Lakes ’ poets . |
| 10 | In addition even if we could identify the decline in utility and the utility remaining we still have to assign some monetary amount to both parts . |
| 11 | It is , however , extremely unlikely that any of us could find a use for a hundred of these cars , even if we could solve the problem of getting into them , and this illustrates a fundamental difference between the car and the computer , and another reason for speaking of a microelectronics revolution . |
| 12 | Second , even if we could solve the equations , the fact of making a prediction would disturb the system and could lead to a different outcome . |
| 13 | And Cardiff knew at last that even if he could ask the question , it could never provide him with an answer . |
| 14 | But , even if he could write the thing quickly , all the subsequent processes took such a bloody long time . |
| 15 | It 's so utterly impossible — even if I could overcome the physical thing , how could I ever look in any way but down on him ? |
| 16 | His explanation is simple : ‘ Of course , I could have done better , but I enjoy the friendship of running and would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race ’ |
| 18 | But , even if she could find the nerve to admit to her deception , she could n't own up to a thing — Cara was depending on her ! |
| 19 | And reciprocally , if memory formation requires the synthesis of proteins for the construction of synapses , then if one could stop the proteins from being synthesized around the time of learning then the memory should not be formed ; an animal trained on a task and prevented from synthesizing proteins should behave as if it has no memory for the task — is amnesic — when it is subsequently asked to perform it . |
| 20 | She wondered distractedly if he could feel the mad racing of her heart . |
| 21 | I certainly still dream about cichlids I would like to own , and I wondered briefly if I could blue the lot on fish . |