Example sentences of "if he can [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And he 'll be a good doctor if he can cure me
2 It might be a potential signing for the groundsman — if he can spit half as well as his dad then we just get him to run around on the pitch for 20 mins … no need for sprinklers etc .
3 If he can do it in the Baltic lands , he can do it elsewhere .
4 ‘ Cantona is a sensitive man who needs to be told he is doing well , even if he can do better .
5 I can ask him if he can do something to help the nomes in the quarry .
6 Should be a good trick if he can do it
7 Sometimes new tooling and equipment er and as I said before , a craftsman always looks to see if he can do a particular job better , if not somewhat easier er than hitherto .
8 If he does , then the seller is at liberty , if he can do so , to re-tender goods which comply with the contract .
9 ‘ If they previously became aware of somebody doing something he should n't , like dealing with an unauthorised supplier , they might ask themselves , ‘ If he can do it , why ca n't I ? ’ .
10 The opportunistic seller will selectively reveal and distort information , even provide false information , if he can do so without later penalty .
11 ‘ I saw Michael playing Horatio in Hamlet and thought ‘ If he can do it , so can I. ’
12 ‘ I saw Michael playing Horatio in Hamlet and thought ‘ If he can do it , so can I. ’
13 But the time must be at hand to see if he can do for Scotland what he is doing for Celtic , and not simply because of injury to others .
14 Yeah but if we can get him onto the computer system he 'll do two days a week if he can do it
15 If he can do what he 's done with Everton 's rejects , why not give him the whole lot ?
16 and see if he can do something , well he 's in the , that , I should imagine he knows what they can earn and what they ca n't earn .
17 Well I 've got , I I 'm going to take a , see if he can do something about this cough , cos it 's driving me mad !
18 if he can do it , ai n't that awful education then ?
19 Still , if he can manipulate his Chief Whip like Indiana manipulated his bull whip maybe today he will pull off the kind of last-minute , knife-edge victory the film hero always managed .
20 But if he can manage it , may I please take him over to the island to look at the birds there ?
21 McPherson , who has every intention of returning to Burnbrae next season , if he can manage it , turns out for West against Watsonians at Myreside tomorrow where the home side will have the considerable assistance of Gavin Hastings , who will spend a nail-biting weekend as he waits to hear if he is to captain the Lions , the squad being announced on Monday .
22 If he can start winning some of that back , it 'll be the icing on the cake , ’ says his devoted trainer .
23 And Gavaskar said : ‘ It would be great for Indian cricket if he can capture the record before Border gets past mine — and I know he will be trying hard for it . ’
24 Now it may for the game that if he can cover the square number twelve , he will score more points than if he covers the square with the nine .
25 I strongly urge him to do so , if he can reach a sensible and reasonable compromise .
26 But , says the UKALEA 's Dr John Gittus , they want to see if he can repeat the result using an alternative method , such as heating the fuel in a tungsten crucible .
27 I think we must twist his arm to see if he can repeat the trick in the longer time available in one of our winter talks .
28 Here , as in the mature tragedies , the hypocrite is ready to destroy anyone if he can benefit from it .
29 If he can make headway towards restoring a balanced budget , then his claims to be the Right 's principal contender for the leadership in the 21st century will be considerably enhanced .
30 He 'll be happier if he can make himself useful . ’
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