Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] if they [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women on the way to FAMILY 'S housework classes would be stopped by feminists and asked if they would like to do karate or woodwork instead ; new fiancées would receive congratulatory cards in the post , enclosing leaflets outlining the legal rights of wives , while their startled boyfriends got anonymous warnings to behave . |
| 2 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
| 3 | At that stage , the partners approached their bankers , NatWest , and asked if they could operate separate bank accounts for each office . |
| 4 | I called my mum and dad and asked if they could take me to the hospital . |
| 5 | Roles contacted a local cricket club , told them he wanted to photograph a bowler in action , and asked if they could help . |
| 6 | This involved taking apart any statements made by known offenders and seeing if they could pinpoint a flaw somewhere along the line . |
| 7 | Many people start their marriages wondering how many affairs their partner has already had , and wondering if they can compete with the possibilities that might threaten them in the future . |
| 8 | Finally , foreign museums started contacting the Ministry of Culture and asking if they could buy , let us say , a picture by Malévich or Popova , and then it became clear that I had the pictures . |
| 9 | I gather the class and ask if they can play grown-ups . |
| 10 | Could I not go to the castle where the German headquarters were and ask if they could forward a small gift of food to a worker in Germany ? |
| 11 | er and ask if they 'd like to advertise . |
| 12 | I 'm er ve very strongly against smoking and if someone comes to my house and asks if they can smoke , I do say no , and I ask them if they wish to smoke if they would go outside . |
| 13 | The council agreed that it is a matter for concern that the rates have increased by so much and I have been asked to write to Wyre Borough Council about this and to ask if they would consider paying the whole of the rates for public halls in rural areas as I understand some District Councils do . |
| 14 | Yeah right so go down and see him , and then go over to that place near Red Row and see if they 'll cut that wood for you we can see it 's just gone half past two now , I want a ball game on the fence post |
| 15 | Now she felt the need to be alone for a while in order to look over her notes and see if they would help her in her plans for the future . |
| 16 | ‘ Miss Hatherby says that she can write to the principal of her college when I 'm in the sixth form and see if they can give me a place , ’ Constance said casually when they were sitting on the lawn one afternoon . |
| 17 | I 'll give the Salvation Army a ring and see if they can help you . |
| 18 | Call your friends and see if they can put you up for the night . |
| 19 | ‘ Phone the agencies , will you , and see if they can come up with someone , just in case ? ’ |
| 20 | Erm what I 'll do actually seeing as I 'm I get easy access to the town centre is I will go in there and see if they will agree to it , and if they wo n't |
| 21 | And I also hoping to contact the Parent Teacher Association , of the schools that the hospital will service , and see if they will sell the books at their stall as well because it 's all to benefit hospitals , you see . |
| 22 | Would Sara and Mr. Preston come down to the police station and see if they could identify the men ? |
| 23 | I suggested that they might look at smaller numbers of buttons , and see if they could spot how the number of ways of pressing them was growing . |
| 24 | Harry and Fleury conferred about this problem and decided that they would club together and see if they could afford to buy some hermetically sealed provisions when there was an auction , though with the prices that food fetched now in private barter they were not very hopeful . |
| 25 | She and her husband were shocked and appalled and wondered if they would become prisoners in their own home . |
| 26 | Now it seems to me with erm with great respect from the view of the taxing officer , that er it 's quite clear that er both parties were holding han were holding their hands in relation to a question of taxation because negotiations were going on between the parties and indeed the defendants were being requested er not to proceed with taxation but to see if they could obtain an overall assessment and the point was met to the defendants barrister , telling quite frankly there would n't be much advantage in the defendants pushing on with erm taxation because they 'd only , they would have to look to his interest in the property to get payment , it seems to me in those circumstances that it can not be said that erm the plaintiffs were in any way acting improperly and not seeking to have the costs taxed during the period while the negotiations were being carried on er because effectively and |
| 27 | This was a Hibs side , too , with no need to fear relegation and every incentive to probe for damage done by Rangers ' injury crisis while seeing if they could move themselves closer to a place in Europe . |
| 28 | When asked if they would like subventions from the state to aid their stipends and church buildings , a move which was being seriously considered by the British government at the time , priests and bishops were united in rejecting the idea on the grounds that it would drive a wedge between clergy and people , identifying clergy with the principal enemies of the people . |
| 29 | For example , when asked if they would like to be a policeman 47 per cent . |