Example sentences of "them if they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was to encourage people to join a union — not ban them if they could n't . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , one would exhort those workers who are conscious of the problems for their residents and would help them if they could to do their best — within the law and within the limits of their own conscience — to mend the situation in their own particular place of work if mending is needed there . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks . |
| 5 | i should actually ask them if they could write promptly because of this pending . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |