Example sentences of "and if you [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 " And if you 'll undertake her education in addition , " said Andrew as he came to the end of his story , " I would be much obliged .
2 I 'm not getting into a fight over some silly little first-year whether she 's your sister or not , and if you 'll excuse me , this porridge is bad enough hot , but cold it 's inedible and there 's a long way to go till lunchtime . ’
3 And if you 'll take my advice you 'll throw that trap away .
4 And if you would do it without telling Mr Thacker .
5 And if you let's suppose we save save you know , ten managers , I mean that 's going to be a hundred and forty thousand pounds .
6 Now I 've got some tables in the car , and if you 'd like me to fetch them during break , I 'll , I 'll leave them on the table for you .
7 ‘ They might have happened by now if you 'd just let me see this … opera , TV series , pop-up-book , whatever the hell it is ; and if you 'd let me talk to a few people .
8 And if you must tell your dearest friend your secret then you must tell others too , for inevitably the world will get to know and you will blame your dearest friend and lose him .
9 And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication .
10 And if you could stop them laughing so … so raucously all night and … and' ’
11 I would be grateful to hear your views on this proposal , and if you could let me know whether we could be of assistance in the project .
12 And if you could see your way clear to buy me one of those little Scottish drummer-girl dolls in the transparent plastic cartons . ’
13 Then they want you to run it for two year , have a mobile home , and if you could prove it 's viable after two years , then there would be a reminder and we 'll consider giving you permission for a house , otherwise , everybody could just put up one tun poly tunnel in half an acre and get a house , could n't they ?
14 " The keys are hidden -under a clump of yellow flag that grows by the river , and if you will follow me I will lead you to them . "
15 It has no right to be there and if you will take my advice you will tell Frank Coven to take it out of that window and back to the bank as fast as he can . ’
16 And if you will help us with a donation today , I know we can get the action we need .
17 So we go into and I 'm r reading the schedule as submitted by Mr , eight , little a , another fact is regional , sub- regional policies and if you will recall we Council 's wording was , be consistent with regional and sub- regional policies .
18 yes and if you can make somebody think from your writing well that 's good .
19 If you go in there and stay perfectly still you 'll see numerous varieties — and if you can make it before daylight you 'll be almost deafened by a dawn chorus .
20 T spells out okay so there 's some connection between a lot of the words is n't there and if you can spell one you can have a very good guess at another one that 's got that word in as part of it .
21 I know the Faculty as a whole appreciates your stature as pioneer in this particular area of the field , Dwight , and if you can consolidate your position as the Machin man , you should be a cinch for tenure .
22 Yeah but then Charlie said no you 're not doing it properly and if you can do it
23 And if you can give me that relief , I will be grateful . ’
24 We know the substance of your conversation with Helen , and if you can explain it yourself now , it will count in your favour .
25 And if you can express what you 're doing in a way which catches their imagination , you 've got marvellous media material .
26 And if you can prove you need your car for work they wo n't take your licence away , ’ Elinor added .
27 Handsome new brass , china , enamelled metal or anodized steel all look very impressive , and if you can afford it you could have matching light and dimmer switches .
28 O K , so , that 's really all I 've got to say about living assurance , of all the , it 's just got to be , a brilliant contract , and if you can afford it , you need it yourself .
29 And if you can afford it , you need to sell it to all your clients , because it is absolutely brilliant .
30 work all year and if you can afford it , ca n't have a holiday in the year , say well come on kids your a bit older now
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