Example sentences of "[adv] see if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would think Frank Clarke would probably give him another minute or so to see if he can run it off . |
| 2 | Having waited long enough to see if they were needed , the two girls went up to Moran and kissed him on the lips as they did every night . |
| 3 | The rest of us put our heads together to see if we could n't all manage to get to it at Staines in Middlesex . |
| 4 | ‘ But I 'm not here to make judgements , only to see if you 've broken anything . |
| 5 | Certain kinds of object are better seen if they are lit from below . |
| 6 | Could you perhaps see if it can be adjusted in the same way as Samuel Cyuma 's , perhaps to a date in October ? |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , we fought we 'd better see if 'e 'd pinched anyfing , ’ said Linda . |
| 8 | I 'd better see if I can help . |
| 9 | You 'd better see if he 's still alive . |
| 10 | There is to be a fancy-dress parade , with a bicycle as a prize for the best entry , so see if you can think of a good idea for a character . ’ |
| 11 | It was probably too soon to see if she had changed in her opinions of him . |
| 12 | From over George 's shoulder stared the portrait of a general whose handling of an attack in the South African war had caused so many casualties to his own brigade that he had immediately been promoted away to see if he could do the same thing with divisions and corps . |
| 13 | ‘ We went outside to see if we could help . |
| 14 | We , of course , went outside to see if we could see anything , not really expecting to ; there was nothing to suggest the passage of a train , just the cool night air and the distant sound of night life , nothing to prove or disprove the eerie sounds we had heard so clearly . |
| 15 | Willie peered gingerly outside to see if he could catch a glimpse of the strange boy from the Post Office . |
| 16 | He poked his nose outside to see if he could tie off the cord . |
| 17 | The RAC tends to have local firms dealing with their matters and can always be approached as stated above to see if they are prepared to allow you some introductions . |
| 18 | Just seeing if we 've got enough plates . |
| 19 | I 'm just seeing if I can get these two shelves out . |
| 20 | Erm , I would be happy , I mean , I purposely , I put some lines in just because I was thinking that way at the time , but I 'd be very happy if other people would scribble it out , change it , throw it back at me , you know , I would like to see I suppose , just to see if we can erm , if that , because , because I have to say that although you know part of reading 's letter , erm , I feel it 's , it , it feels destructive and it feels very critical . |
| 21 | That is also when you hear stories of doubting runners who have not covered more than 12 miles at a time in training suddenly attempting a 20-miler four days before the actual marathon , just to see if they can get that far ! |
| 22 | Well you 'd naturally one or two just to see if they 're in what they want . |
| 23 | Back home in Stockton his mum was videoing it ‘ just to see if they spelled my name correctly . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ No , you 'd do that for about three or four days and then he 'd decide to ask you the same question again just to see if you did look it up . ’ |
| 25 | Our own son had practised Ramadan on one of his trips to the Middle East ‘ just to see if I could do it ’ . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | Er it 's just to see if I could get a repeat prescription for the pill . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | enquired just to see if I could do it but er |
| 30 | Just to see if it works . |