Example sentences of "[vb base] [subord] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 If the Commonwealth War Commission do n't know how to get hold of the War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission can give us the information we want provided we can give them the christian name of the person and the regiment .
2 You 're a good judge of character , laddie , and as I 'm not so bad at that myself , I 'll bide by what you say if you 'll answer me this ; what 's your true reason ? ’
3 Well would you perhaps like to give them a , a ring to , to say what I spoke about today then I 'll give them a ring , say if you could ring them tomorrow then I 'll ring them er er tomorrow evening a as well and then perhaps I can , you know , they , you 've given them the ground work to actually er for me to ring as well and then I can discuss with him and arrange an appointment to go and see him is that okay ?
4 Oh , I 'll have to see wh she 's going to ring me this afternoon and say whether they can do it in the S C R. I 'm gon na try and persuade her that they can , because there are only forty people at this dinner and they 'll look stupid in the middle of the dining hall .
5 But then again yo you 're you 're advised against going over the speed limit that most people do , I do I I tell yo like I said I 'm not a saint cos like a couple of times when I was first driving , especially in my fucking sprint cos it was a quick car I used to drive up people 's arses and wait until I could overtake them and if they did slow down that used to incense me and I 'd fucking , I 'd go right up there arse and then probably try and cut them up when I went , overtook them and I s fucking learnt , I got a I had a couple of close calls like , people are slamming brakes on and stuff
6 Wait till you can distinguish their heartbeats on the sensor . ’
7 two hundred and twenty nine then hundred and seventy five but I mean if we could sell them six quid a time well
8 Wa I would n't mind buying one of them myself you know wi I mean if we could sell ours
9 Yes , yes , well I mean , that 's , that 's , if , I mean if we can get him one for his birthday that , get the problem of our shoulders sort of thing , that 's his then , then he , he has to take his .
10 If you had your own cat as they 're very territorial animals , I mean if they could see them off .
11 I mean if I could write something as good as that , I would feel really proud .
12 But I mean if I can get her to start somehow and I think it 's got ta be this one .
13 This idea that protect children , not tell them about what 's happening , I mean if anybody can protect them to that extent when even Neighbours is put at a different time on the television , you know , erm that somehow we make them warm and secure by not telling them , to me that is making them dependent and unable maybe to cope later on in their lives .
14 So twelve , I mean if you can remember them twelve stands for four beats in a bar anyway
15 the room over really but I mean if you can keep your heating on for that little bit of length of time
16 She 's got a couple of chums who look like they can handle themselves in a scrap .
17 Just consider whether you can accept me as a husband .
18 so they 'll be , I , I put the perhaps start on them tomorrow then and get so you 'll get them back
19 No , I was just going to say that if , if you try it once , you know , you know if they can do it , they 'll be .
20 Cos then the spin-offs , you know if we can get her to be able to communicate back to us
21 You know if you can get him to say , you know tell him to forget the rai the rainforest for a , you know , for a while and think about his own family .
22 Andrew says he 's fitter than last year but doesn.t know if he can beat his wife Sarah who says she thinks her husband might get bogged down in the mud
23 Please keep praying , and remember if he can use me he can use ANYBODY .
24 Q Please cold you tell if I should do anything else other than wash earthworms before feeding them to my fish ?
25 But if you see the top man around the business you are able to look him in the eye and tell whether you can trust him or not .
26 They know the cost of a mortgage today and they know whether they can afford it or not .
27 Now see if we get whether I can get us fitted in .
28 Now see if we get whether I can get us fitted in .
29 We talked about that for a while and that was when I got the idea of using the mud wagon-not just for him but for the McLaren girl too , and just like before I could see myself sitting in it with her .
30 I , I know as you can see I think it 's very useful each item
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