Example sentences of "if they [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He states these facts slowly and carefully , as if they might somehow have slipped her mind . |
| 2 | Manuel Caballeros took immense care with his fifteen-foot putt , stalking the line in both directions , conferring with his caddie , who had taken the pin out , staring at distant parts of the green as if they might unexpectedly become pregnant . |
| 3 | But with personal contact through the old jobbing system on the floor of the Stock Exchange , experienced people could see Old Joe coming and knew what to expect — even if they might sometimes join in to make a little extra money . |
| 4 | The feeling is not unlike being forced through a futuristic abattoir , and I 'll buy anything if they 'll only let me out of here . |
| 5 | Angela said : ‘ We have made it clear more than once that this matter could be sorted out if they would just sit down and talk , family to family . |
| 6 | If they would just cooperate a bit . |
| 7 | I wonder if they would sooner live in a tribal hut than the white man 's three-bedroomed house with fully-fitted kitchen ? ’ |
| 8 | Ask the occupants of your next home if they would please do the same thing . |
| 9 | I asked if they would please call me Richard — Dick , I said , made me feel like a symbol of some kind . |
| 10 | She wondered rather wildly for a moment if they would both refuse to let go and imagined herself the unwilling participant in an unlikely tug of war , but Bernard took one look at Alain and released her . |
| 11 | If they would only return to playing with their undoubted flair and to enjoying the game as they once did . |
| 12 | He says he ca n't get them flying but if they would only sit for him he is sure he could kill one . |
| 13 | Then he said , ‘ If they would only show they feel they need us . ’ |
| 14 | if they would only produce the same styles that they produce for the up to size twelve . |
| 15 | When those surveyed were asked if they would definitely vote , the Conservatives were two points ahead , with 40 per cent compared to 38 for Labour and 19½ for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 16 | Mortgage rates increased dramatically and seemed as if they would never fall . |
| 17 | The old reactions died hard , if they would ever perish at all . |
| 18 | Neither knew if they would ever see each other again . |
| 19 | Old feuds of race were diminishing , rivalries and prejudices were by degrees fading out.Such frequent and such intimate relations had thus been established between nations , that it seemed as if they must soon unite in one family , in one single federal state . |
| 20 | It was as if they should simply fade away when they got old like the soldiers they represented on stage . |
| 21 | We write to them normally within seven days , ask them to read it , clarifying exactly the policy they 've got , give them the option to pull out if they should so wish , and in fairness I have got to say that we 've been doing that now for the last eighteen months . |
| 22 | Would you please mention in your classes that when ordering it would help us if they could also state their teacher 's name . |
| 23 | Erm probably the most fair way to do this erm I mean fair to our friends and relatives in other r parts of the country , is to ask them if they could either send us their local papers or |
| 24 | I do n't mind paying for it , if they could even reduce it a bit |
| 25 | Now if they could just do the same to the beers themselves , and improve the taste , more people might be inclined to drink them . |
| 26 | It was always the same wherever he went — people were drawn inexorably to him , as though some of his charisma could rub off on them if they could just get close enough . |
| 27 | There was some room for individuals and groups to experiment with limited co-operation across factional lines if they could temporarily forget their religious and sometimes political differences . |
| 28 | And he asked me to a ask you to when they ra give the tape back if they could possibly supply a copy of it , of that tape to them . |
| 29 | Many of them go on to wonder if they could ever make a marriage . |
| 30 | The world is littered with communities which believe that if they could only separate themselves from the world , they would escape the consequences of original sin . |