Example sentences of "be [verb] if [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 've been wondering if something could go wrong with the telephone system of Foulness . " |
| 2 | We are wondering if we could use the hall on the evenings of 26 April , 10 May , and 24 May ? |
| 3 | We would be obliged if you could witness our customers ' signatures where appropriate and ensure that they are fully aware of the documentation signed . |
| 4 | ‘ But Canon Wheeler would be obliged if you could attend a little earlier to get a head start , ’ said Miss Coldharbour . |
| 5 | On the American side the multilateralists believed that protectionism in the United States might be weakened if they could win a demonstrable success against Imperial Preference . |
| 6 | He was so efficient , I 'm wondering if he could do something about the disgusting chick pea casserole they serve on the Intercity 125 . |
| 7 | This family 's life would be transformed if they could buy a small terraced house with a garden . |
| 8 | To help us give you a speedy response it would be appreciated if you could have your policy number readily available . |
| 9 | Our next Parish Council meeting is on 2 April 1992 and it would be appreciated if I could have your reply before that date . |
| 10 | Group members can also be asked if they could give a small life history of themselves , although never without prior warning , and only if they are sufficiently confident to do so . |
| 11 | Mark Watson to be asked if he could arrange for Dr Pott to give a seminar . |
| 12 | Sponsored roundabout signs will not be allowed if they could cause a traffic hazard . |
| 13 | Several firms , in both food processing and engineering , felt that productivity and competitiveness could be enhanced if they could guarantee security of employment to what they regarded as their " core " staff . |
| 14 | She had heard rhyming slang , she knew what four by twos meant , and she 'd once been asked if she could speak with a Jewish accent . |
| 15 | David and I were wondering if we could take you out for a spot of lunch . |
| 16 | In fact it works so well that within a few days of installing it friends were asking if they could fax me printed documents that they had always wanted to store on disk . |
| 17 | I heard a housing association official who visited a northern Women 's Aid refuge for battered women being asked if she could help a woman who 'd just arrived , eight months ' pregnant , with two black eyes , find a place on her own . |
| 18 | They wondered why they were asked if they could stand heights and naturally no one admitted to such a weakness so seven volunteers were picked to appear in Les Jambes de la Femme . |
| 19 | So , er , we 're getting people saying it 's impossible to pay this even though they were asked if they could pay it at the the the time it was given sometime last July . |
| 20 | Viewers were asked if they could put a name to the voice of the kidnapper , a fairly distinctive voice with a softish Yorkshire accent . |
| 21 | The brothers were interested in being screened if we could offer a predictive test based on DNA studies , rather than having bowel examinations while at 50% risk . |
| 22 | The hotel manager is at a very important meeting and the receptionist is asked if she could cope and deal with the difficult task of breaking the news to Mrs Jones . |
| 23 | He 's asked if you could pack some things from his house and bring the suitcase down to Immigration at Grantley Adams Airport at 7.30 this evening . |
| 24 | And the rest of the times it 's you know , it 's taking If we could keep going for |
| 25 | When she returned from the shops , Mum told me to accompany her to the Captain 's to ask if we could have the Mission Hall for the wedding . |
| 26 | was the defendants solicitors , the parties during nineteen ninety one , the two solicitors , had dealt with the question of costs and er perfectly normal way , the plaintiffs have their costs , drafted by er cost draughtsman , I understand that in-house draughtsman and erm they produced to Mr a bill for costs , er Mr looked at the bill and met counter proposals and he suggested other figures , erm , figures in the region of forty two thousand pounds , forty seven and fifty thousand pounds for the plaintiffs costs , the correspondence indicates that Mr then , now put forward what with respect seems to be entirely sensible suggestion that er really it would not be sensible to proceed with having the cost taxed , he said he did n't foresee any real difficulty in getting them to agree the costs and that er the common sense thing in the interest of all parties was to see if they could reach an overall , settlement er determining all the matters in dispute , effectively this would be what was to be done in respect of the surgery premises , there was I think , there is reference in accounted to another sec another premises as well which apparently were lease , er but are now formed part of the negotiations and er negotiations continued between the parties during nineteen ninety two , by the end of nineteen ninety two the negotiations were beginning to run into difficulties , the plaintiffs were beginning to put forward non negotiable final offers and er the result unfortunately was that in apparently nineteen ninety three the er negotiations into that broke down . |
| 27 | The point of the Right and Wrong Club was to see if you could get guttered six nights a week and not a lot has changed . |
| 28 | My purpose was to see if I could write a novel with only two characters , preserving the unities of time , place and action ( it all happens in one day in John 's London flat ) , without any cheating through long flashbacks or such devices . |
| 29 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
| 30 | The thinking behind the wolf plan was to discover if they could regulate the deer numbers and live in harmony with the rest of the island 's wildlife . |