Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] if i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm gon na put that one on to see if I can get me score down . |
| 2 | So say if I said to you , well if and I said to you , Well what could I do ? |
| 3 | But should n't I do better work if I were n't driven from pillar to post to supplement my salary ? |
| 4 | I 'd better see if I can help . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd better move if I 'm going to go back and change . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I would only go if I could take Terry , ’ he said . |
| 7 | When ordering my lunches these days , I try to avoid the use of the term ‘ packed lunch ’ and merely ask if I can be supplied with certain items in a bag to take away . |
| 8 | First of all my physical world constrains me in so far as every other car will be travelling on the left-hand side and my progress might be somewhat impeded if I chose otherwise ; secondly , it is a rule that is being followed by every driver . |
| 9 | Not that I have to make the same choices as someone I acknowledge to be more discriminating , since my differently constituted palate may react differently , but my own choice will be better informed if I heed nuances which I would have missed if he had not pointed them out . |
| 10 | This question only arises if I am wrong on the main point of principle , but I think it proper to consider it nonetheless . |
| 11 | I suddenly wondered if I was allowed |
| 12 | However much of a challenge the town presented , I figured I would cause less stir if I went in on foot than in a four-wheeled horseless vehicle . |
| 13 | Sex with him never really satisfies me and only works if I imagine I 'm with a woman . |
| 14 | I am glad therefore that the idea of appointed or co-opted members as well as magistrates seen now to be pretty widely accepted if I understand the Noble Lord , Lord 's amendment . |
| 15 | I 'm just seeing if I can get these two shelves out . |
| 16 | By this time I was convinced that nothing could work and that I would have to spend the rest of my life obsessed with food , hating my body , eating every day to the point of pain , and desperately frightened if I could n't find any laxatives or make myself sick . |
| 17 | Our own son had practised Ramadan on one of his trips to the Middle East ‘ just to see if I could do it ’ . |
| 18 | erm , I have n't , I was gon na go and , I tried phoning Lorne one time I was going through to Glasgow just to see if I could , can I have a , can I have a pint with him or something , erm , just to chew it over cos he suggested you know he 'd made various helpful suggestions , in the meantime I did n't manage to meet him , but in the meantime I did manage to speak to my father-in-law who has a camcorder and er he will be more than happy to erm , he 's also got editing equipment , he would be more than happy you know , to do the home made video that we 've talked about , I need to talk to him about this because the obvious place to do will be the Lyceum on one of your shows |
| 19 | Er it 's just to see if I could get a repeat prescription for the pill . |
| 20 | I I just appealing for MPs and I know you have the radio on just to see if I 'm being rude about you , and of course I never am because I 'm a I 'm a nice person . |
| 21 | enquired just to see if I could do it but er |
| 22 | Without thinking , I got up and went over to see if I could lend a hand . |
| 23 | ‘ You will not object if I have dessert ? |
| 24 | But I do not know if I will take it . ’ |
| 25 | I do not know if I have supplied this fish with the ideal conditions but the fish does appear to be very healthy and always has the dorsal fin held erect and is indeed an impressive sight . |
| 26 | ‘ I do not know if I even have strength enough to regain the shelter I have just come from … ’ and her wings seemed to weaken by the second and her eyes to be pained . |
| 27 | ‘ You are going , and I do not know if I have helped you . |
| 28 | ‘ Because I do not know if I shall be coming back this afternoon . |
| 29 | I do view this as one of the ‘ great classics but I do not know if I would say it is the greatest book ever written in English as I have not yet read widely enough but I would definitely say that for all the above reasons that it is a great book . |
| 30 | Bitterly she thought , it is all spoiled , spoiled by consent , spoiled by refusal , it does not matter if I go or stay . |