Example sentences of "if [pers pn] could [verb] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began to talk to her , and she asked the Lady Prioress if I could become her companion . ’ |
| 2 | I apologized for my behaviour ( you know how it is : a few drinks , a few laughs , you step out of line ) , and asked if I could buy her lunch some time . |
| 3 | We were completely thrown when one woman asked if she could bring her daughter to the next session . |
| 4 | If she could ease her pain , then she would gladly make any sacrifice that was asked of her . |
| 5 | If she could make her way along to the right ladder , she would be able to climb up to the painted clouds high overhead . |
| 6 | It was a request from a colleague : he 'd be grateful if she could cast her eye over an article he 'd written for a quarterly journal , by Friday if possible . |
| 7 | She moved her mouth about a bit to see if she could find her tongue . |
| 8 | The girl had a way of looking at her as if she could read her mind and Ida did n't like it . |
| 9 | How happy she would be now , if she could turn her head and see him there , and reach out her arms to hold on to him and pull him close . |
| 10 | Violette asked Katherine if she could use her room to freshen up a little . |
| 11 | Most of the family were present when Anne asked her mother if she could have her dress altered , and after she had gone to see the Misses Dolan Tony said , ‘ I think it 's a shame Anne ca n't go out and enjoy herself . |
| 12 | Mrs Fort , of Dagenham , Essex , died last year , five days after being punched and kicked by a boy who knocked on her door asking if he could search her garden for a lost football . |
| 13 | Rory could n't help but wonder if he could hear her heart beating , since it was thundering in her own ears like jungle drums . |
| 14 | His hands left her shoulders as he breathed a sigh of relief , and his gaze locked with hers as if he could read her soul in its depth . |
| 15 | Again she wondered if he could read her mind . |