Example sentences of "was [verb] if [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | was the defendants solicitors , the parties during nineteen ninety one , the two solicitors , had dealt with the question of costs and er perfectly normal way , the plaintiffs have their costs , drafted by er cost draughtsman , I understand that in-house draughtsman and erm they produced to Mr a bill for costs , er Mr looked at the bill and met counter proposals and he suggested other figures , erm , figures in the region of forty two thousand pounds , forty seven and fifty thousand pounds for the plaintiffs costs , the correspondence indicates that Mr then , now put forward what with respect seems to be entirely sensible suggestion that er really it would not be sensible to proceed with having the cost taxed , he said he did n't foresee any real difficulty in getting them to agree the costs and that er the common sense thing in the interest of all parties was to see if they could reach an overall , settlement er determining all the matters in dispute , effectively this would be what was to be done in respect of the surgery premises , there was I think , there is reference in accounted to another sec another premises as well which apparently were lease , er but are now formed part of the negotiations and er negotiations continued between the parties during nineteen ninety two , by the end of nineteen ninety two the negotiations were beginning to run into difficulties , the plaintiffs were beginning to put forward non negotiable final offers and er the result unfortunately was that in apparently nineteen ninety three the er negotiations into that broke down . |
| 2 | The point of the Right and Wrong Club was to see if you could get guttered six nights a week and not a lot has changed . |
| 3 | My purpose was to see if I could write a novel with only two characters , preserving the unities of time , place and action ( it all happens in one day in John 's London flat ) , without any cheating through long flashbacks or such devices . |
| 4 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
| 5 | The thinking behind the wolf plan was to discover if they could regulate the deer numbers and live in harmony with the rest of the island 's wildlife . |
| 6 | Dad paid over the four shillings and while he was entering it up in the book said , ‘ Mr Priest , I was wondering if yer could give me permission to build a small wooden shed facing the house ? ’ |
| 7 | I was wondering if I could speak to Mrs Ward . |
| 8 | I was wondering if I could take it tonight ? |
| 9 | With all this talk about TSB , I was wondering if anyone could help me out . |
| 10 | MR GEOFF WELCH PHONED ( 4.00PM ) HE IS COMING UP TO EDINBURGH NEXT WEEK AND WAS WONDERING IF HE COULD ARRANGE TO SEE YOU FOR HOUR . |
| 11 | I was wondering if you could spare me an hour . ’ |
| 12 | and I was wondering if you could tell us a bit more about these Homework how they fit the M F I the plan of shopping |
| 13 | In fact I was wondering if you could give me a hand . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I was wondering if you could give me Angy 's address ? ’ she said casually . |
| 15 | I was wondering if you could board them . |
| 16 | I was wondering if you could help me ? |
| 17 | ‘ I was wondering if you could put out a message over the public address system to tell him I 'm here . |
| 18 | This lady must have been psychic or something , because in no time at all she was asking if I could enlarge necks on jumpers that other people had made too small to go over the head . |
| 19 | He was asked if he could reassure the expected 135,000 British tourists to his country of their safety — Britain is the most important country to South Africa 's lucrative holiday trade . |
| 20 | I got in touch with the linguists in the University and the College of Education , and was asked if I could do some teaching in March ( March seeming a long way away , I agreed ) . |
| 21 | The young lady to whom it was addressed was asked if she could account for it and , covered with confusion , gave her explanation and sent the bomb men on their way . |
| 22 | ‘ I was thinking if we could stop his cows from getting out of a field or save his hayricks when they were on fire , ’ said Heather , who loved reading stories and was always having make-believe adventures , with herself as the heroine . |