Example sentences of "if you can [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who are newly bereaved and naturally dread the loneliness of returning to an empty house should be visited frequently in their own homes ; and when you are able to persuade them to get out of their own four walls as much as possible for fresh air and exercise and to meet others and visit relatives , it can be a considerable help if you can bring them home and go in with them for a cup of tea or a chat , even if it is only just for a quarter of an hour . |
| 2 | Younger neighbours may be glad to ‘ sit in ’ for one evening a week too , if you can give them some service in return , such as looking after their child for a morning while they go shopping , although of course there are people who will help with no expectation of reward , if you make your need known to them-perhaps more of them than you imagine . |
| 3 | Can you , if you can let , simply let me have those in at the end of the session or if you can give them to Eleanor at the end of the session . |
| 4 | They like things satisfy the pragmatist if you can give them something that they can put in practice straight away o on the job in their job . |
| 5 | Not as if you can wash them . |
| 6 | Now if you can do them then just put the answer down . |
| 7 | Okay but they were f they were twenty awkward ones if they said right we 'll have you pick any twenty words you know and see if you can spell them you 'd get twenty out of twenty would n't you . |
| 8 | I 'm sure the local press will be interested too if you can involve them that would be a great help |
| 9 | You do n't want to go to the police , because you 're afraid they 'll simply get involved in another siege — if you can make them believe you in time , which seems doubtful . |
| 10 | Cover the bloom with a polythene bag — or better , if you can make them up , fine muslin bags that will let the air in but keep the insects out . |
| 11 | See if you can copy them . |
| 12 | Look for the ability to modify the ‘ lead-in ’ and lead-out' codes , if you can change them there 's a good chance that you 'll be able to get the dialler working . |
| 13 | There are two dangers to be avoided , if you can avoid them , in the choice of chambers : reading with someone who is too busy , who can not spare the time to give you instruction , except possibly over a snack lunch , and reading with someone who has not enough work to give you proper experience . |
| 14 | If you can pull them out you can make a hole big enough for a man to get inside . |
| 15 | The clothes of those attending can also be referred to , especially if you can introduce them into a joke . |
| 16 | If you can have them . |
| 17 | See if you can raise them on the radio . ’ |
| 18 | But if you can produce them and like to do it , and if they fit the particular sort of book you are writing , well and good . |
| 19 | It produces no facts , no economic forecasts to substantiate it 's ideas , if you can call them ideas . |
| 20 | A symbol perhaps of a manufactured city … but the Milton Keynesians , if you can call them that , say life here could n't be better . |
| 21 | In the twentieth century , history has suffered to some extent in terms of its general significance in relation to people 's interpretations of life , because we now have a whole generation of politicians who , and statesmen , if you can call them such , who know very little history at all . |
| 22 | And I mean including the Germans , if you can drive them out . |
| 23 | But if you can use them they will certainly overcome many of the built-in delays involved in getting your bills paid on time . |
| 24 | I think you are meant to post the voucher with your ticket application , I do n't know if you can use them over the phone . |
| 25 | They do if you can catch them . |
| 26 | I thought the idea was to keep them dusted al if you can keep them dusted regularly then |
| 27 | Be sure to include maps , current and historical ones if you can find them . |
| 28 | All will flower for longer if you can find them a cool spot away from the dry heat of radiators . |
| 29 | If you can find them , listen to the African and Latin hybrids of Babatundi Olatunji 's ‘ O-Wa ’ ( 1973 ) or ‘ Music Trance ’ and ‘ No Nos Pararan ’ by Charanga 76 for a glimpse into the potential that was opening out . |
| 30 | It has peacocks , which like to sit on the seats when visitors are scarce , a compound with a few docile wild animals in , a small lake , a free-standing part of a Gothic cloister from the ruined abbey of Saint-Sever-de-Rustan which was removed and re-erected here , and , if you can find them among the shrubbery , busts of two French poets , one of whom was born in the town while the other went to school here : the native was the arch Romantic Théophile Gautier , whose bust in the Jar din Massey was sculpted by his exotic daughter Judith , the outsider Jules Laforgue , the strange , consumptive young poet who so influenced T. S. Eliot and died at twenty-seven . |