Example sentences of "[vb base] if [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Well I say if we can go in and out and not stick indoors all the time you know ?
2 ‘ Whatever would Daisy and Edwin Pettigrew say if they could see such behaviour ! ’
3 You 're a good judge of character , laddie , and as I 'm not so bad at that myself , I 'll bide by what you say if you 'll answer me this ; what 's your true reason ? ’
4 get it and er they 've brought the full and then they say if you must smoke , smoke then with a filter tip one and that
5 They say if you can walk , then you can be taught to dance .
6 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 ?
7 ‘ Just say if you 'd prefer to knock off . ’
8 Imagine if you could go in and buy maybe four of the pencil-slim skirts in different colours .
9 You will be the friend I seek if you can address the situation of reconciling the issue of being a Jewish woman ( no longer at the age of unfulfilled hope ) who is married , and fights to be a feminist , and wishes to survive the crises of conscience that result .
10 But would you and your fellows spontaneously so react if you could break through traditional assumptions to a fuller awareness of the recurring situation ?
11 I mean if one can use a slightly awkward word like ‘ policing ’ , and I think there is a sense that none of us want to be acting as substitute parents and , you know , policing student behaviour in a way that suggests that they 're not yet fully mature .
12 I mean if we could get that one down at New Drove what is it , twenty nine ?
13 two hundred and twenty nine then hundred and seventy five but I mean if we could sell them six quid a time well
14 Wa I would n't mind buying one of them myself you know wi I mean if we could sell ours
15 Yes , yes , well I mean , that 's , that 's , if , I mean if we can get him one for his birthday that , get the problem of our shoulders sort of thing , that 's his then , then he , he has to take his .
16 I I think we can sort out more about the st stall I mean if we can sell things
17 I mean if they could open nine days a week , they could n't get any more money out of me because
18 If you had your own cat as they 're very territorial animals , I mean if they could see them off .
19 I mean if I could make a general point .
20 I mean if I could write something as good as that , I would feel really proud .
21 I mean if I can buy a bloody bargain I 'll buy it .
22 But I mean if I can get her to start somehow and I think it 's got ta be this one .
23 Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue .
24 I mean if I 'd have if I 'd have , if I had come to the last one
25 This idea that protect children , not tell them about what 's happening , I mean if anybody can protect them to that extent when even Neighbours is put at a different time on the television , you know , erm that somehow we make them warm and secure by not telling them , to me that is making them dependent and unable maybe to cope later on in their lives .
26 So I mean if she can get set nights , she wo n't get in this term anyway I presume all the places will have gone .
27 I think most people would consider I mean if you can picture the course of the ball , it 's gon na do that , is n't it ?
28 So twelve , I mean if you can remember them twelve stands for four beats in a bar anyway
29 I mean if you can come up with the witnesses that are prepared to stick their head in the noose and say that .
30 the room over really but I mean if you can keep your heating on for that little bit of length of time
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