Example sentences of "[to-vb] if [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | River rafting is definitely the thing to try if you have the spirit of adventure coursing through your veins . |
2 | At the end of each of the following four weeks there is a recipe section which you might like to try if you have the time and the inclination . |
3 | It would have been difficult to accept if he had been killed so young in a car crash , but when it was so senseless … ‘ |
4 | Chief executives are obliged to back and fill , to accommodate , to deal and to compromise if they wish to accomplish that modicum of public policy change that , short of crisis situations , is usually the best that can be hoped for . |
5 | Mr Ashdown reaffirmed his willingness to be flexible and to compromise if it came to negotiating with a minority government of either hue . |
6 | Give a free class to old and new members and ask them to renew/join if they enjoyed it . |
7 | They go round to the the place where they work , er they go there to know if they 've done the job properly . |
8 | We wanted them to know if they had information we could protect them if need be |
9 | She wanted to know if they liked America and appearing in movies . |
10 | Owners of contaminated houses want to know if they have any comeback , those of houses which are not contaminated want the ban on their properties lifted immediately . |
11 | Have not heard from Gwent Branch Secretary and wants to know if they have got the correct address ( they have ) . |
12 | Want to know if we released it . ’ |
13 | She wants to know if we 've seen him . |
14 | And I do n't wish to know if we 've failed to break even on one occasion or whatever but the thing is how often are we failing to break even . |
15 | Course , he wanted to know if we 'd got a video we could lend him . |
16 | They want to know if we want to have a stall there ? |
17 | One waitress even wanted to know if we have Christmas on December 25th in Europe . |
18 | But then again , how is the individual management to know if it happens to be one of those which ought to acknowledge a responsibility to maintain or lower prices , or whether it is one of the lucky ones which can be let off that responsibility ? |
19 | ( 21 ) John has two PhDs +> I believe he has , and have adequate evidence that he has ( 22 ) Does your farm contain 400 acres ? +> I do n't know that it does , and I want to know if it does The first of these provides an explanation for " Moore 's paradox " , namely the unacceptability of utterances like ( 23 ) : ( 23 ) ? ? |
20 | Women who I had attacked for bringing up boy children wanted to know if it had been an immaculate conception or simply parthenogenesis , and what was I going to do with it if it were a boy ? |
21 | Well , you know , I mean I 'd like to know if I 've answered them right , you know . |
22 | well it 's Wednesday now look , just even to know if I 've got something there |
23 | He had wanted to know if I knew a good cardiologist , because he had a granddaughter with a rare heart condition who needed an operation , or else in a year 's time she would have died . |
24 | He wanted to know if I knew this George Paston . |
25 | I was earning £18 a week at the time and Caroline 's father , a twinkle in his eye , wanted to know if I thought that was enough to live on . |
26 | ‘ Mary wanted to know if I planned to marry you . |
27 | She said to Rourke , ‘ You wanted to know if I 'd lent out keys to anyone — the telephone engineer , you said , and the man who came to see to the new extension around the back . ’ |
28 | ‘ If Brian Clough is still interested in me he will want to know if I cope as well during a bad spell as I did when I was enjoying a purple patch and scored 11 goals in 14 games earlier in the season . ’ |
29 | She keeps wanting to know if I play golf . |
30 | He wanted to know if I minded being illegitimate … ’ |