Example sentences of "if they [modal v] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here was her chance to find out exactly what the police were up to — it sounded as if they might have a new lead . |
| 2 | Contact your insurance company to see if they 'll offer a discount for customers with burglar alarms . |
| 3 | Yes , she has got some tickets , a , she 's made some and erm hoping those who ca n't come will buy ticket at least , but if they would bring a bottle you know , something for the prizes er erm they do n't pay for coffee , biscuit . |
| 4 | One morning a carter and his son were delivering a load of firewood and Grandmother asked if they would like a slice of pudding before they left . |
| 5 | He introduced his father , a tubby , good-natured little man , and asked them if they would like a lift into Plymouth . |
| 6 | She said : ‘ The former leaseholder of the cottage , who is a good friend , asked the Duchy of Cornwall if they would like a new tenant when he moved on . |
| 7 | I asked people if th if they would like a complimentary copy of the Saga magazine and all their brochures and they can do so by er , members like myself we 're asked from time to time , do we know any friends who would like a copy ? |
| 8 | She was going to exchange knitting-patterns with the Visitors , and ask them if they would like a hot drink after their 17 million light-year journey to Wimbledon . |
| 9 | However , they will only eat earthworms , which is fine ″ the summer , but I would be much happier if they would take a little trout , prawns and beefheart . |
| 10 | Twenty thousand rupees it would cost , but the extension worker said the government would pay for it if they could register a co-operative . |
| 11 | I asked the probation department if they could arrange a visit as it did n't look like anyone else was going to . |
| 12 | I made a point of saying to the Indian Ministers whom I met that , just as they had announced elections in the Punjab , so it would be excellent if they could start a political process in Kashmir so that there would be people representing the Kashmiris with whom the Government could talk . |
| 13 | Could I not go to the castle where the German headquarters were and ask if they could forward a small gift of food to a worker in Germany ? |
| 14 | It would be helpful to companies , as they try to improve their corporate governance , if they could make a real distinction between executive and non-executive directors . |
| 15 | But I 'm sure if they could make a profit they would . |
| 16 | The quotas did not include refugees who were eligible for admittance if they could show a " well-founded fear of persecution " in their homelands . |
| 17 | At every corner they paused , checked the signal strength , held it at arm 's length to see if they could detect a greater strength around the other side . |
| 18 | Group members can also be asked if they could give a small life history of themselves , although never without prior warning , and only if they are sufficiently confident to do so . |
| 19 | This is merely routine arrogance , but it obscures from them the fact that they could impress everyone a lot more if they could do a better job — and with a bit of help they could . |
| 20 | Viewers were asked if they could put a name to the voice of the kidnapper , a fairly distinctive voice with a softish Yorkshire accent . |
| 21 | This involved taking apart any statements made by known offenders and seeing if they could pinpoint a flaw somewhere along the line . |
| 22 | This family 's life would be transformed if they could buy a small terraced house with a garden . |
| 23 | Sponsored roundabout signs will not be allowed if they could cause a traffic hazard . |
| 24 | You could use some of the dry transfer lettering that is available from most art shops , or ask your local framer or photographer if they could recommend a calligrapher to you . |
| 25 | On the American side the multilateralists believed that protectionism in the United States might be weakened if they could win a demonstrable success against Imperial Preference . |
| 26 | ‘ We told them that if they could find a better vaccine they should use it . |
| 27 | The effect of the decision was to give women the choice of an abortion during the first six months of pregnancy if they could find a doctor to carry it out , and it came to have enormous symbolic importance for feminists . |
| 28 | If they could find a cure for the common cold . |
| 29 | The children looked all along the bank to see if they could find a boat . |
| 30 | It is ‘ very cold , very handsome , and very dull ’ : ‘ Who 'd live in such a great , overgrown place as this , ’ Lady Glencora asks , ‘ if they could get a comfortable house like Matching ? ’ |