Example sentences of "[pers pn] if i [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I if I can ask you to home in on that five thousand pound figure , once you reach five thousand pound on any assignment you get another fifteen percent bonus .
2 So he asking me if I would do it .
3 Anyway , I gave him the gist of what had happened and he asked me if I would let him know if we found her . ’
4 Do not hesitate to contact me if I can help you personally .
5 Remind me if I can help you .
6 Takes a dozen a year off me if I can find them for him .
7 I had been invited to 10 Downing Street for dinner a number of times and on one of those occasions Harold Wilson asked me if I could suggest someone who would go to Salisbury and meet Ian Smith in order to find out whether there was any basis for renewing negotiations .
8 It would be more convenient for me if I could collect them on Friday 10 May in the afternoon , say at 3.30 p.m. or later rather than at 11.30 a.m .
9 ‘ And if I had known , even just that you were free to love me if I could persuade you to , I would n't have been so — ’ Breaking off , Luke was once again silent for several seconds .
10 But he asked me if I 'd send them er er a full report of it after day after they 'd done it .
11 Well they knew that I was a graduate in erm , they had two , they had a , a lab manager and an assistant , and they both went sick at the same time , and er , they asked me if I 'd do it .
12 I explained all that to you and Judd when his guardian wrote and asked me if I 'd have him here .
13 Breughel , You 'll know them if I can get them true …
14 I know , and I I , I asked you if I could borrow it and you went , er and th you did n't
15 erm , so I would come up the town with you if I could think what for
16 But how I longed to be gallant , as they say ; to ask her if I might kiss her on both cheeks if I gave her my two violets .
17 He spoilt Rose that much he 'd have ruined her if I 'd let him .
18 I wanted to ask her if I could run her errands before the other children had a chance .
19 So I 'm gon na ask her if I can borrow it
20 It just depends where we 're going cos I do n't know what we 're doing yet So I 'd and the woman 's coming round tonight so I 'll just , sort of , say to her if I can keep it over the weekend I can do a lot more so otherwise I 'll feel a bit bad
21 I 'd rather not sleep with him if I can avoid it because he 's , he , I just do n't get any sleep .
22 I ask him if I can have my new lap-top back and he says he is n't sure .
23 ‘ Ask him if I can call him back .
24 I asked him if I could rent his cottage .
25 When I asked him if I could borrow his copy he said I would n't understand it , which is true , I suppose .
26 I ask him if I could describe him as a lucky little wanker who became very rich and famous through doing very little apart from being his baffled , fitful , daft self .
27 ‘ I asked him if I should finish my dissertation .
28 Personally , I would much rather just give it away to someone who can handle it if I could find them .
29 Nine hundred and sixty seven words that takes about five or six minutes to read it if I can read it in this light .
30 I 'll have it if I can keep it .
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