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 . |