Example sentences of "see if [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children described to the interviewers how they had been referred to the library to find information on Inuits and Eskimos in basic studies , Scott of the Antarctic in history , and Alexander Fleming in science , while one child described how : In RE sometimes Miss asks us to go and find out ( like ) some information and also in literacy ( like ) there are some people who write letters backwards and Miss asks us to go back and see if we could find any . |
| 2 | So let's see if we could get three pieces like that out of a whole one ? |
| 3 | Now er that really started to look into the , the , the nur the , the er profession and also to sort of see if they could n't improve the lot of nurses . |
| 4 | I know a man there , so I thought I 'd see if they could use my services writing leaflets , or propaganda or something , I do n't know . |
| 5 | And in the meantime , since he had spoken of things she ought to learn , she would see if he could tell her just what it was that women like Marie Moon and Audrey Covington-Pym did to stop themselves from bearing child after child after child . |
| 6 | Afterwards , George asked me to come down and see if I could talk some sense into you . |
| 7 | I expressed my gratitude , but explained to the Queen that I must ask leave to go away and see if I could form an administration . |
| 8 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
| 9 | Er I might see if I could pick up that Sheffield United guy Jamie Hoyland . |
| 10 | Oh I 'll see if I could get ideas . |
| 11 | ‘ Was it not an instinctive reaction to break and see if you could help them , just in case you had to stop to do something about them ? ’ |