Example sentences of "if i could [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't care for him — I just knew I had to find out if I could go through with it . |
| 2 | I did n't know if I could go through with it . |
| 3 | However , there were still times when I wondered if I could go through with it . ’ |
| 4 | could go deaf , if I could go selectively deaf , then I 'll be alright |
| 5 | I telephoned him and asked him if I could go round , the first evening I was back with Caroline . |
| 6 | If I could go back I think I would have come out on the Tour three years later . ’ |
| 7 | It 's easier said than done , but I would if I could go back over it again . |
| 8 | So if I could go back and say , ‘ Hurrah I 've found Howard Baker ! |
| 9 | I wonder if I could go back to that point that er a couple of you raised this morning , about the transfer assets into the wife 's name . |
| 10 | Erm if I could go back to what Mr Broughton was saying . |
| 11 | I did n't want to stay so I followed her and asked if I could go along with her . |
| 12 | If I could go out to work and leave the child and and do what I wanted to do , I 'd be quite happy with that . |
| 13 | I agreed to marriage counselling but only if I could go alone , although I knew that going alone was a bit like filing fiddled expenses . |
| 14 | I said I would be delighted to join them if I could wake up in time ( which I doubted ) , I said not to wait for me , and they promised they would n't . |
| 15 | ‘ If I could end up with the Olympic , world , European and Commonwealth golds , I reckon that might make even Carl blink . |
| 16 | I may well know how I would react if I could remain consistently aware of what I know in the abstract , yet yield to the opposite reaction , so that ‘ I see , and approve , the better : I follow the worse ’ ( Ovid 's Video meliora proboque , deteriora sequor ) . |
| 17 | I rang Peter from a callbox in Paddington station and asked if I could drop in to see him before going back . |
| 18 | Damned if I could make out quite what 's going on and I 've been trying hard enough . ’ |
| 19 | A lot of things that I 'd still do here if , if I could whip up some enthusiasm if my husband would , I ca n't , he was a bricklayer , sub contractor and they have knocked this kitchen out about three times since they 've been there , and the last , this last effort , I think they 've put imitation beams in , I have n't seen it , but we think they have and er , oh it 's , you would n't know it 's the same house at all , you would n't know it |
| 20 | I do n't know how to approach this , but this is me , Sarah , your pathetically vile big sister , not able to find the words , but hoping you can see what I 'm trying to do — what I 'm trying to say — and please , please believe me when I say that I 'm not trying to run away from what I 've done , but if I could change somehow — obliterate — one thing I 've done in my life , one truly awful thing that I have done , it would be this . |
| 21 | If I could leave right now I would ! ’ |
| 22 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
| 23 | Ahm so I 'm going to see if I could set up a baby sitting circle or something like that . |
| 24 | Chair , if I could move on then to the budget proper , and I apologize for the numbering . |
| 25 | If I could think straight , if every scrap of attention did n't have to be focused on not falling , I could probably get nearer to knowing . |
| 26 | well I thought if I could see just a little bit of er |
| 27 | ‘ If I did n't need you , Defries , ’ she said , pumping drugs into Daak 's arm , ‘ if I could get up there without you … ’ |
| 28 | I 'd be walking round if I could get around . |
| 29 | If I could get away from Ixyphal II . |
| 30 | If I could get away from him , not talk to him I was happy but if he spoke to me I was ju literally shake in me shoes , he gave you that , he was that erm type of man , although he was kind enough really , but he was really gruff . |