Example sentences of "[verb] if you [modal v] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | Select a strong healthy stem that has borne a good bloom , or is still carrying one that has gone over the top , and look at the stem lower down — to see if you can find nice plump axillary buds or eyes in the leaf axils — these are latent growth buds , and they are going to become your new roses ! |
| 2 | And Billy Smallbury , she wants you to go to Casterbridge , to see if you can find the young soldier who 's been courting Fanny . ’ |
| 3 | Leaks are relatively easy to fix if you can find their source . |
| 4 | ‘ I did wonder if you 'd find someone to replace me and I 'd be out of a job . ’ |
| 5 | City and Aston Villa ) , I would appreciate if you could find out if Mr. Silver has thought about bringing Leeds over to play . |
| 6 | Perhaps the ladies could check the gardens and the outhouses , although I doubt if you 'll find him there . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I doubt if you 'll find anything to pack . |
| 8 | It obviously helps if you can find a yard near home , and most DIY owners find that five to ten miles is the farthest they want to travel . |
| 9 | Helps if you can find any matches . |
| 10 | ‘ Butler , ’ he said , ‘ I wonder if you would find me some fresh bandages . |
| 11 | I wonder if you can find out how it works , what it does ? " |
| 12 | ‘ And see if you can find out when the water and electricity are going to be back on ? ’ |
| 13 | If you want to have a snapshot of yourself , see if you can find a friendly policeman to perform the task . |
| 14 | ‘ Now see if you can find the gravedigger . |
| 15 | See if you can find a vet who shares your enthusiasm . |
| 16 | See if you can find the area of the faces of this cuboid without unfolding it . |
| 17 | ‘ Frank , could you do me a big favour and see if you can find who this guy Azul is ? ’ |
| 18 | See if you can find them . |
| 19 | See if you can find your cousin Sheila ; you said you 'd ask her to dance , remember ? ’ |
| 20 | Go down to the lobby and see if you can find me a copy of … |
| 21 | ‘ Go inside and see if you can find a light . |
| 22 | Amy , take Mr Thompson and get all his wife 's details from him , please , and then see if you can find any notes . |
| 23 | Right yeah erm so that can be , that can be a bit awkward but still some of the older stuff can give you a bit of a grounding in , in , in , in , in , in what it 's about if you can find anything relevant and sometimes you 've just got to sort of wander round the library and pick things up off the shelves like at random and see , see if you can find something in the index or find something in the contents pages that sort of vaguely coincides with what the you know what 's been talked about in the class that week erm sometimes if you keep looking you might actually be dead lucky and find one of the recommended books has actually come back in erm you may find that you 've got to be a bit flexible about that because , you know , if a topic 's dealt with in November you may not get a chance to see the book until you know kind of , I do n't know , February or something , you know I mean so it , it sometimes does mean you 've got to do the reading like a bit displaced from the from the classes |
| 24 | If he found after two or three days that he was n't really making much headway , he would then , after he 'd left the police courts , say to me I think you 'd better go down street or somewhere and see if you can find |
| 25 | see if you can find out who 's spending money down that area , and then a occasionally , not , not too often , jobs that he 's fell back on and dropped , I 've been able to get a little start on , and very foolishly I used to tell him sometimes of the progress I was making that was where I made a mistake . |
| 26 | See if you can find a tickatape reading machine for a |
| 27 | see if you can find his hat any where Martin |
| 28 | Well unle , unless you come up here and see if you can find it . |
| 29 | Atlantis has got , they 're an electrical shop , they 're on sales , see if you can find |
| 30 | Put yourself inside Mr Major 's head and see if you could find real reasons to be cheerful . |