Example sentences of "if [pron] could [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I could go back I think I would have come out on the Tour three years later . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You remember you asked me to see if I could find out who it was that had sent that news item about Leila in to Al-Liwa . ’ |
| 3 | If I could understand why they accept such cruelty , I could understand why there is so much violence here . |
| 4 | If I could take up my pen again and find some hard , satisfying work it would be the better for me . ’ |
| 5 | Summer in the country , was the toast echoing in Diane 's ears as she went back inside ; and she shuddered , and wondered if she could think up something really cutting to say the first time one of them tried to treat her like a servant . |
| 6 | Later , just as the party was starting and Eva was discussing the origin of the word ‘ bohemian ’ with Dad , Fruitbat pulled out a handy pad and asked if she could write down something that Dad had said . |
| 7 | I mean , you 've got an education , you 're prepared to work , you 've got the right background and everything … if you could explain more I might be able to help more . ’ |
| 8 | To save time it would be helpful if you could telephone either me or Ian McKenzie who has been seconded from the Facilities Planning Division to lead the work in commissioning South Gyle . |
| 9 | If you could have somewhere you could obviously hang them , like leads on for instance . |
| 10 | If you could fill in our form and a cheque for the amount stated on the attached invoice , we can get started . |
| 11 | ‘ If you could find out who the man was , the one who was there on Christmas Day evening … he might have a few answers . ’ |
| 12 | If you could find out who who did that and |
| 13 | ‘ I wonder if you could look up somebody else . |
| 14 | But if you could see how it 's going , I think you 'd be proud of me . ’ |
| 15 | Well when she come in I asked her if we could tape so she says yeah course you can . |
| 16 | When we look at Poe 's tales , the structure seems predictable , even formulaic : the dawning sense that all is not as it should be ; the attempts to explain away the moaning sounds that something inside him is nevertheless compelling him to hear ; the fight with fancy , as if one could will away one 's deepest fear ; and then the horrified recognition that what one was most afraid of is there , behind the antique panels , waiting to throw one to the floor . |
| 17 | At this time it was filled with the sort of junk that might come in handy one day if one could remember where one had put it . |
| 18 | There is no doubt that it would be to the advantage of school children if they could find out what happens in the countryside . |
| 19 | ‘ Alright … alright … ’ said Duvall , complacently now , as if he could sort out their problems rationally . |
| 20 | She asked if he could suggest how she could contact an MP . |
| 21 | Inevitably a feeling of despair enveloped him and he began to feel quite helpless ; his heart was in his studies and he knew that if he could manage financially he could achieve his academic rewards , but the insufficient amounts of money his father allowed him did n't permit any freedom to relax after his studies had ended . |