Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] understand if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll be very honoured if you can come , but I 'll understand if you ca n't . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll understand if you 're not ready . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I think I 'd understand if you wanted to sleep with other women , Bob . |
| 4 | But she smiled again and said , " I 'd understand if you did n't want to see me any more , " and looked down , away from him , at her feet . |
| 5 | Having answered the hon. Gentleman 's intervention , I shall understand if he now wishes to return to the Opposition Front Bench . |
| 6 | I hope that it will be possible — though I shall understand if it is not — for a Minister to come to the House to say something about that major incident , which involved the jetty at Grangemouth , which is part of the dock and BP complex . |
| 7 | I can understand if they take time on a stray dog I often wondered if they realise |
| 8 | Cos I I can understand if we did n't handle it carefully , it could mean people would be more demanding and say , I 'm entitled to go on this training . |
| 9 | You know , but I do , I can understand if you 've got desperate , people will try anything , especially for the young families . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure you 'll understand if I do n't tell you . |
| 11 | ‘ And it was six years for both of us , but you 'll understand if I ca n't sympathise with your waiting when it was all unknowing — ignorance being bliss — whereas I 've known precisely what it was that troubled me through all those six years . ’ |
| 12 | Well , maybe that will be faintly reassuring for one or two people , but I 'm sure you 'll understand if I reserve judgement for now . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm sure you 'll understand if I whisk Fran away with me now . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And you 'll understand if I leave Rome tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You are a gentleman , Signor , you will understand if I give no names . |
| 16 | You will understand if I suggest we forget dinner and go straight home . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Mait will want to talk to you , ’ he said , closing the door , ‘ but he 'll understand if I have to cut you . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm quite sure he will understand if you notify him of this . |