Example sentences of "if they could [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once , the Harvard training officer allowed a dealer to visit a wealthy businessman who had expressed an interest in picking up Hard Rock Cafe shares , ( as he had contacts there ) but only if they could meet up . |
| 2 | But no one in Class 1 had seemed unduly disturbed by his account of them , even if the Husayn twins had said that pigs were ‘ boring ’ and had asked if they could bring in the novelization of Terminator Two . |
| 3 | So he promised them if they could shift over 30 electronic flykillers on the phone he would take them to Alton Towers for the day . |
| 4 | It still appeared deserted Their excitement was such that he doubted if they could stop now even if the gamekeeper did appear . |
| 5 | I would be happier if they could sign just one more quality defender especially if they could play equally well at right back and center half . |
| 6 | Someone shouted to him asking if they could step over to help . |
| 7 | LEE WEARS a shiny nylon jacket that 's on loan from the Sir Alf Ramsey estate , and cheesy sports pants that look as if they could walk home on their own . |
| 8 | ‘ I did think I might ask Mr Evans if they could stay on here . |
| 9 | He felt only sorry for him and sure that , if they could stay alone together for a while , Fiver would come round to an easier state of mind . |
| 10 | I suggested that they might look at smaller numbers of buttons , and see if they could spot how the number of ways of pressing them was growing . |
| 11 | I 've also had a query from a Sheffield Wednesday fan asking if they could set up a list here too ( the answer was no ! ) |
| 12 | Christina ordered two more rums — she could see they were going to need them — and asked the bartender if they could go somewhere quieter . |
| 13 | Union by moving twenty or thirty miles outside , at once they set up conditions that I know they would set up in London if they could do so unchecked ( The Women 's Printing Society continued to operate , as an exceptional case , with women being paid male rates . ) |
| 14 | ‘ Surely , Magister , the rogue psykers could shine whitely if they could learn how to shade themselves ? ’ |
| 15 | They collected Heather 's butter from the farmhouse , and asked Mrs. Olinton if they could climb up into the loft of the old barn . |
| 16 | I would be happier if they could sign just one more quality defender especially if they could play equally well at right back and center half . |
| 17 | i should actually ask them if they could write promptly because of this pending . |
| 18 | If they could fly straight away their parents would never find them and they would starve ? |
| 19 | A period of just a few seconds was allowed for recall and if they could recall only one or two letters the subjects were asked to specify their position in the sequence . |
| 20 | There is no doubt that it would be to the advantage of school children if they could find out what happens in the countryside . |
| 21 | That made money in a way as important as guns — if they could find enough . |
| 22 | These olives — their trunks warped , gouged , carbuncled , abrasive to the touch — seem indestructible , as if they could survive even a nuclear winter . |
| 23 | If they could have only known what 's going on in my head . |
| 24 | A trip to London was planned and they were expecting two visits — one from an elderly relative who 'd been in touch after receiving a holiday postcard and another from two people who used to live in the flat upstairs and had telephoned asking if they could call by . |
| 25 | If they could get even some of the men in Grantley to take the blood test they would be halfway home . |
| 26 | Ordinary people regularly broke the rules and resorted to bribery if they could get away with it to obtain essentials or medical care , but then their corruption was a sign of independence asserted against the system , whereas Manescu 's was typical of a deep inner decay of the system . |
| 27 | Another effect of ACE was to take jobs from others in full-time employment because , for the above reasons , employers naturally turned to ACE if they could get away with it . |
| 28 | They 'd murder each other over the choice of curtain fabric if they could get away with it . |
| 29 | If colleagues from the back of Congress are intending to speak , if they could come forward . |
| 30 | We , we kept on er making or doing repairs for the Ministry of Works for about ooh seven or eight years after the war finished , which kept a lot of men working in Galashiels when we , you know , when they were n't very sure if they could come back to their old jobs . |