Example sentences of "if i could help " in BNC.

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1 On many a winter morning I jumped out of bed and put a letter of his in the fire , feeling it would be wrong to allow it to survive ; and when some years ago I was asked by a distinguished man of letters if I could help him to write an account of Maurice
2 The head of a training department for a big bank in the City of London recently asked me if I could help find him suitable conference locations .
3 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 ’ .
4 I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it .
5 A year beforehand , Chudnovsky , who was a collector from Leningrad , and a very well-known one , had been to see me and asked if I could help him .
6 I ran to see if I could help the traveller , who was swearing furiously as he pulled himself free of his horse .
7 I wonder if I could help ? ’
8 So I asked him again , asked if I could help , and he became very agitated .
9 ‘ I 'm not callous ; if I could help your sister I would , ’ she murmured , hardly aware of what either of them was saying .
10 If I could help him — and , after all , he was only doing the job we paid him to do , was n't he ? — ; then it would be a personal shot at redemption on my part .
11 Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction .
12 ‘ He asked me if I could help and I said I could but , to be honest , I do n't know how easy it will be to get the things they need .
13 I never tried if I could help
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