Example sentences of "if [pers pn] can n't [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I get embarrassed if I ca n't do summat on my own . |
| 2 | ‘ If I ca n't do what I want I 'd rather call this whole thing off . ’ |
| 3 | If I ca n't do something that simple then I 'm not worthy to be called your partner ’ |
| 4 | If I ca n't do it all , which of those things that I really need or want to do am I going to have to leave undone ? |
| 5 | She ca n't spend all day monitoring my blood sugar and giving me my thyroid medicine , and if I ca n't paint I shall go mad ! ’ |
| 6 | If I ca n't manage it in a quiet room , or a temporary study , I impose it on everyone at least for a short time . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're at pains to stress this is n't a protest , but we were here for rest and recreation , ’ he said , ‘ so if I ca n't send my men ashore ; there 's not much point in staying . ’ |
| 8 | For good measure , she added , a trifle pathetically , ‘ I am a good girl , really truly , even if I ca n't give you any references , and I will work hard , I promise . ’ |
| 9 | I know I do n't want to lose this man , but I realise I will do if I ca n't sort myself out . |
| 10 | ‘ Copper Blue ’ , meanwhile , is released on September 7 and features nine tracks including ‘ Changes ’ , live favourite ‘ Helpless ’ and a new version of ‘ If I Ca n't Change Your Mind ’ . |
| 11 | Virtually every track is a winner , though it 's the optimistic ones which shine through initially , like the recent ( prophetic ) single ‘ Changes ’ with its sinewy lead guitar line , and Side Two 's poppy ‘ If I Ca n't Change Your Mind ’ . |
| 12 | There are still glimpses of Mould 's feeling of uselessness — if not with himself , then with his relationship with other people , borne out by the aforementioned ‘ If I Ca n't Change Your Mind ’ and the earlier ‘ Helpless ’ . |
| 13 | If I ca n't control which of my forms she sees — and , at the moment , I 'm definitely having trouble manoeuvring-the psychological effects could be disastrous . |
| 14 | It 's not nice for the audience if I ca n't speak their language . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm really not a great buyer — if I ca n't wear it and I ca n't eat it , then I 'm not that bothered . |
| 16 | ‘ I mean , if I ca n't choose something that 's actually there and I can try on , what chance would I have just looking at pictures ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If I ca n't marry you , at least I can help you . |
| 18 | And if I ca n't make her open up , how do you expect the doctor to do so ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If I ca n't make it , take Elinor . ’ |
| 20 | oh well , we ca n't very well be whether Julie said she liked boys to go out with her , go , and we provisionally booked , I think it was the last week in February , we got quite a bit on , I said er if I ca n't make it I 'll ring you , but then , oh that was it she rung me up , and she said Lynnie |
| 21 | If I ca n't bring you in , then I 'm just going to have to make a citizen 's execution . ’ |
| 22 | Mr has also asked me whether it is true that if I ca n't get what I want second best will do . |
| 23 | ‘ If I ca n't get her back to the sea , I 'll have to become a farmer , ’ he said . |
| 24 | He has told colleagues in the force in South Africa ( ‘ There are lots of cops who support me ’ ) that he is ready ‘ to lick your arse in Church Square on a Sunday , if I ca n't solve it in two days ’ — referring to the notorious unsolved murder of the antiapartheid activist , David Webster . |
| 25 | If I ca n't see her . |
| 26 | I get frustrated if I ca n't see something immediately that goes in somewhere . |
| 27 | I do n't like if I ca n't see what 's on the cards . |
| 28 | The fact that people will give money to save the otter , a nocturnal animal whose presence is detected even by full-time otter survey teams only by its tracks and droppings , is the best answer I know to that mean-spirited and illogical argument : ‘ What 's the use of saving it , if I ca n't see it ? ’ |
| 29 | He must know I worry if I ca n't see it . |
| 30 | Yeah , I know and he said she said my sister said if I ca n't afford it , she 'll pay but I 'll she said and I was so proud of Sam ! |