Example sentences of "[noun sg] if she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that the hon. Lady would like to get rid of every aircraft in the Royal Air Force if she could . |
| 2 | Of course , she 'd get at the boy if she could . |
| 3 | The centre 's director , David Chi , asked the princess if she could use chopsticks and she demonstrated her ability with a flourish before turning her back on photographers and popping the pancake in her mouth . |
| 4 | Elisabeth already felt herself rebuked in the presence of Fru Møller and the Colonel — over matters beyond her control — and she was not going to add to that burden of disapproval if she could avoid it ; not again . |
| 5 | I did n't want to send her material hunting if she could be doing something useful at college . |
| 6 | She got wearily out of the car and tramped across the car park to the reception lobby , where she asked the receptionist with peroxided hair if she could phone the AA . |
| 7 | That would have some benefit in the forthcoming election if she could push it through . |
| 8 | In one of her first school plays where she played a Dutch doll , Diana only agreed to take the part if she could remain silent . |
| 9 | So you see I could n't fight with them too much cos I thought they 'd take it out on dad , so I said look I do n't want him here , I do n't need all this but I said another thing that got my goat , you asked my mum to help turn my dad , they asked my mum if she could help turn him because they did n't have enough staff or he could n't be turned and when my mum turned him she come out and was sick and cried her eyes out cos he had no skin from the top of his spine to the bottom , and he had a water blister like that Joy yellow on his arm , his penis was nearly the width of my arm pouring with blood , and septic from the catheter , oh and the smell , you 've never smelled nothing like it from the sores and the wounds , cos he was cut from here right the way down to here and they had a , all his legs were festering and gangrene in his legs |
| 10 | She would have danced on his grave if she could . |
| 11 | She may look like mother , but mother would have turned in her grave if she could have seen that girl today ! ’ |
| 12 | She was living hand to mouth and she would n't spare the cash if she could help it . |
| 13 | Once the budgies and the two cats were attended to , she asked the kindly-looking proprietor if she could have a word with Mrs Jarvis . |
| 14 | I 'll fight you , ’ she cried in instant denial , wondering in despair if she could actually bring herself to hurt him to save herself . |
| 15 | Sometimes she sat on the end of his divan if she could n't sleep and tried to wake him up to talk , but he slept with the heaviness of the very thin , and her weight on the divan made it sag and creak in a way that embarrassed her . |
| 16 | With regard to the internal candidate , the Chairman further recommends that while she interviewed adequately , it would be beneficial to Miss Harraughty 's future career development if she could be offered training in interview skills . |
| 17 | That is , his mother inherited the School first and never went in a train if she could help it . |
| 18 | There was no point causing trouble if she could avoid it . |
| 19 | Then husband Simon promised her an action replay if she could lose weight . |
| 20 | She would have been a talkative woman if she could . |
| 21 | Would you carry another woman 's would you carry another woman 's baby if she could n't have it ? |
| 22 | Would you carry another woman 's baby if she could n't have it ? |
| 23 | And Douglas had promised that Shiona 's lifelong ambition — to study fashion design in London — was hers for the taking if she could make the grade . |
| 24 | The first former 's stared at her in surprise , they knew she never mended any thing if she could help it . |
| 25 | She 'd get that fox if she could . |
| 26 | Not the end if she could and would destroy the man 's marriage . |
| 27 | Not that she intended accepting any favours from him , but she knew he was booked in for two nights , which gave her time to return his hospitality if she could not manipulate tonight into a Dutch treat . |
| 28 | She never went past that way if she could possibly avoid it . |
| 29 | She is first to admit she would be an extremely difficult patient if she could not read or think . |
| 30 | They had arrived back at camp before breakfast and when he greeted his mother , Joseph had wondered with a sudden stab of alarm if she could tell . |