Example sentences of "i if i [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You will forgive me if I insist that I understand Mrs Frere better than you do yourself .
2 Many systems and many faces may have changed over the last year or two and I do n't imagine you would believe me if I said that none of these changes had saddened me but , in a changing market-place , the basics have n't changed and the most basic precept of all is that there are no healthy banks where there are no health customers to sustain them .
3 ‘ And forgive me if I ask that we do not sleep together tonight — and maybe for a while — until Philippe is home …
4 I know Shanti 's first mother will forgive me if I say that when our little girl first came , she was in a very disturbed state .
5 Nobody will blame me if I say that in the circumstances I became very uneasy .
6 The hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I say that he has the same problem with me that I have with the Whips Office .
7 I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will forgive me if I say that the Treasury , as always , seems to have made rather heavy weather of this matter .
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