Example sentences of "see [subord] i could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a clandestine meeting in a North London bar , Brown tested me out by seeing if I could listen — without puking — to his stories about shagging wild women who dipped his dick in chocolate mousse . |
| 2 | I wanted to see if I could experience it . |
| 3 | Without thinking , I got up and went over to see if I could lend a hand . |
| 4 | I had to go over there just to see how dockers worked over there , to see if I could improve it here , well I could n't because dockers would n't do what they , they were doing in Holland . |
| 5 | Corman admitted , ‘ I did one film really more as a joke to see if I could do it ; filmed it in two days and a night . |
| 6 | Our own son had practised Ramadan on one of his trips to the Middle East ‘ just to see if I could do it ’ . |
| 7 | I popped in on yer to see if I could do anything for yer , like did yer want a medical bandage that I could get cheap . |
| 8 | enquired just to see if I could do it but er |
| 9 | The three weeks that I was in the scheme for — they trained me to see if I could do the job properly , they were able to see what I 'd be like when I was doing the job . |
| 10 | To see if I could do an early . |
| 11 | Ahm so I 'm going to see if I could set up a baby sitting circle or something like that . |
| 12 | Perhaps I should have formed a better plan ; perhaps I should have made instead for the Villa Diodati , to see if I could secure any friends and allies there . |
| 13 | I blurted out , ‘ Doctor Reid , could I try to see if I could stop the disease without using splints or operating ? ’ |
| 14 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
| 15 | Accordingly , one winter 's day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place in America , I decided to see if I could find him . |
| 16 | ‘ You remember you asked me to see if I could find out who it was that had sent that news item about Leila in to Al-Liwa . ’ |
| 17 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
| 18 | When a pump action toothpaste tube became empty in my bathroom , I decided to take it apart to see if I could put it to further use . |
| 19 | I thought I would look at your file , to see if I could pick up any hints from how you had dealt with it . ’ |
| 20 | I thought I 'd write to a few comedians to see if I could get them to sit for a portrait , to get a few shots together for my portfolio , and then , suddenly , this snowball seemed to start rolling … |
| 21 | With one , one man said I used to put , in the cold mornings I used to put my other hand at the bottom to see if I could get heat , but he could n't touch his fingers because they were so tender . |
| 22 | Er it 's just to see if I could get a repeat prescription for the pill . |
| 23 | I was trying last year to try to see if I could get a erm an Indian , you know when we sort of do looking at Asia |
| 24 | Ooh then I went to the B and Q to see if I could get a blind to match , but I spent , so I |
| 25 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |
| 26 | My purpose was to see if I could write a novel with only two characters , preserving the unities of time , place and action ( it all happens in one day in John 's London flat ) , without any cheating through long flashbacks or such devices . |
| 27 | My first book was an experiment to see if I could write and it has just gone on from there . ’ |
| 28 | I knew I was courting disaster without a rope and partner on , so rushed around below the ice cliffs of the snout to see if I could force a route over the smooth slabs and close to the col . |
| 29 | A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ . |
| 30 | I ran to see if I could help the traveller , who was swearing furiously as he pulled himself free of his horse . |