Example sentences of "[vb base] if [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whatever would Daisy and Edwin Pettigrew say if they could see such behaviour ! ’ |
| 2 | Well would you perhaps like to give them a , a ring to , to say what I spoke about today then I 'll give them a ring , say if you could ring them tomorrow then I 'll ring them er er tomorrow evening a as well and then perhaps I can , you know , they , you 've given them the ground work to actually er for me to ring as well and then I can discuss with him and arrange an appointment to go and see him is that okay ? |
| 3 | Imagine if you could go in and buy maybe four of the pencil-slim skirts in different colours . |
| 4 | But would you and your fellows spontaneously so react if you could break through traditional assumptions to a fuller awareness of the recurring situation ? |
| 5 | I mean if we could get that one down at New Drove what is it , twenty nine ? |
| 6 | two hundred and twenty nine then hundred and seventy five but I mean if we could sell them six quid a time well |
| 7 | Wa I would n't mind buying one of them myself you know wi I mean if we could sell ours |
| 8 | I mean if they could open nine days a week , they could n't get any more money out of me because |
| 9 | If you had your own cat as they 're very territorial animals , I mean if they could see them off . |
| 10 | I mean if I could make a general point . |
| 11 | I mean if I could write something as good as that , I would feel really proud . |
| 12 | I mean if you could do that |
| 13 | Well when they was feeding these up , you could have one for yourself as long as you let the government have one , see , and er , er , of course the next to feed a pig up , see , but er , I mean if you could fed them properly you could erm , perhaps get one ready in er , six to nine months you see , and er , which would be a , a good bacon pig like , if you fed it er , correctly . |
| 14 | Some things at that time were no doubt very good ; but I suspect if we could hear some of them now we simply would not tolerate them . |
| 15 | Jean Glass and Betty Syrett would be prepared to co-ordinate if this were wanted and it would be appreciated if those teaching in London let either Betty or Jean or the office know if they could help . |
| 16 | This is it , this is it , I suppose if we could surround it in wood or |
| 17 | I doubt if anyone could have been much more unhappy than I was living with them at Maythorpe House . |
| 18 | ‘ She did not seem to me to have very much insight , ’ Alida said bitterly , ‘ I doubt if she could assess a human situation very accurately , I doubt if she would know where the truth of a matter lay . ’ |
| 19 | I doubt if she could drive it in that time . |
| 20 | I doubt if he could match your potential . ’ |
| 21 | Without it , I doubt if he could have undertaken such work is he did . |
| 22 | ‘ I doubt if he could have kept up the masquerade for that long . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ No , I doubt if I could pass the exams . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You deserved a lesson — and I doubt if I could have talked you into it in any case . |
| 25 | ‘ And whatever the way of it , had I been in the Lord Owen 's place , with my chief enemy thus presented naked into my hand , I doubt if I could have resisted the temptation . |
| 26 | Doubt if I could prove anything . |
| 27 | I doubt if I could afford anything that central . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I doubt if you could 've found him , ’ said Constance . |
| 29 | ‘ He was a strong young man and I doubt if you could have murdered him . |
| 30 | ‘ I doubt if you could have thought of any I did n't deserve . |