Example sentences of "if i [vb mod] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 If I may speak in a spirit of complaint , David , I might point out that it 's easy for you to talk and even easier to talk tough .
2 If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon .
3 I also told them about the financial statement we had issued and afterwards received a letter asking if I would send on a financial statement , which I did " .
4 If I should tell at a tea table in London , that I have crossed the Atlantick in an open boat , how they 'd shudder , and what a fool they 'd think me to expose myself to such danger . ’
5 I wondered if I should climb into a barge and pole myself across but the mists still hung over the water , I was cold , frightened , and so , following Benjamin 's instructions , returned to my own chamber .
6 Will you let us out if I can swim across a lake full of pike ? "
7 The second planning policy guidance note which erm the new settlement tracked as was the policy guidance note number twelve , and I wonder if I can grapple for a moment with the S word , sustainable .
8 I 'd asked my mum and dad if I could go to a boarding school — the one in Edinburgh Andy was at , for example — but they 'd said I would n't like it and besides it would cost a lot of money .
9 I thought , if I could go for a hybrid of these two , and get comedians to come in and sit with deadpan expressions , I might have something interesting on my hands .
10 I felt that if I could get into a regular habit-forming routine then I would be able to keep it up beyond the 30 days .
11 I did n't know if I could work with a choreographer .
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