Example sentences of "[pron] if [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one would be more grateful than I if I could stop looking at every penny , but you wo n't catch Amsterdam so you might as well stop trying . |
| 2 | If I if I if I could just er er er just move on on to a couple of other other other points i in in what 's been said . |
| 3 | I must admit I , I if you could stop that deliberate foul it 's I mean it 's better for the game if you can stop it . |
| 4 | He tried to tackle Gina about it , hinting that a young man like him needed sex from someone if he could n't get it at home . |
| 5 | They 'd have given you their if they could . |
| 6 | One matter rose over erm in discussion over lunch which if we could get a clarification on it might help the remainder of the day . |
| 7 | Erm Jim asked me if we could pay up er as soon as the job had been done to help them with their cash flow situation district council . |
| 8 | That 'll do me if we could ! |
| 9 | But then she asked me if she could try it on . |
| 10 | And you know yesterday she had the nerve to ask me if she could sit at the end of our table . |
| 11 | The head of a training department for a big bank in the City of London recently asked me if I could help find him suitable conference locations . |
| 12 | In late 1976 , Radio Telefis Eireann , the Irish state television service , decided to produce a documentary on Lebanon and asked me if I could locate any films that depicted the country in the days of peace . |
| 13 | I got involved because his family live some way away and they asked me if I could make the arrangements , sort things out until they got there . |
| 14 | I once had a letter from a woman asking me if I could settle a dispute she was having with her partner . |
| 15 | In Chester one shop had one copy left and would save it for me if I could get there that afternoon . |
| 16 | This made me feel a quite genuine shame and remorse although — it was as if I was torn into two separate parts both rationally and emotionally — I knew that hurt bewilderment was something I should beware of : he was my enemy who would use any art to outwit me if I could . |
| 17 | Hatim asked me if I could confirm a rumour , circulating in Baghdad , that Odeh , Saddam 's son , had given a birthday party for himself at which he and his 300 guests had all worn purple and drunk out of purple goblets . |
| 18 | He asked me if I could arrange for somebody thoroughly trustworthy to visit the premises , telling me that he had given the key to a neighbour . |
| 19 | I had been invited to 10 Downing Street for dinner a number of times and on one of those occasions Harold Wilson asked me if I could suggest someone who would go to Salisbury and meet Ian Smith in order to find out whether there was any basis for renewing negotiations . |
| 20 | ‘ And if I had known , even just that you were free to love me if I could persuade you to , I would n't have been so — ’ Breaking off , Luke was once again silent for several seconds . |
| 21 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 22 | It would be more convenient for me if I could collect them on Friday 10 May in the afternoon , say at 3.30 p.m. or later rather than at 11.30 a.m . |
| 23 | ‘ He asked me if I could help and I said I could but , to be honest , I do n't know how easy it will be to get the things they need . |
| 24 | He asked me if I could wait five minutes . |
| 25 | So I said well coming from Judith it would n't surprise me if it could bloody talk |
| 26 | ‘ A young man came along on a bicycle and asked me if he could help but I refused his offer . |
| 27 | When there were guests , Joe 's position was even lower than usual ( if that was possible ) , but he always tried to help me if he could . |
| 28 | And we had a neighbour named and he 'd worked at E T N S all his life and had some influence and I mentioned it to him and he asked me , asked me if he could find me a job . |
| 29 | McEwan said : ‘ Ferguson wished me all the best and offered to help me if he could . |
| 30 | Q : Valerie has asked me if you could answer a few questions on her behalf . |