Example sentences of "if [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 31 | If I could get a job doing summat like that I reckon I would n't have to stay at Combe Court . |
| 32 | If I could have summat to eat , I 'd have a big bowl of oxtail soup — all hot and steamy . |
| 33 | There was something very remote and strange and beautiful behind those words , if I could grasp it , far beyond ancient English . ’ |
| 34 | They made me wonder if I could use pure woven wool as a base for my own technique with the machine . |
| 35 | ‘ I did n't want to work in a shop or a bank so I wrote to my local radio station , West Sound , asking if I could make the tea . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ I would be a rich man if I could . |
| 37 | I asked Leo if I could have five minutes ' peace . |
| 38 | If I could get a home where my kids could grow up with daily fear and where I could also help my father , I could push this hell out of my mind and start afresh with my family . |
| 39 | I asked the soldiers if I could take a photograph and was told : ‘ Only if you keep moving . ’ |
| 40 | If I could produce the same effect on other people as Louis Armstrong does with that song , then I 'd be really happy . |
| 41 | I 'd be a lot happier if I could disentangle myself from What I 've already done and create songs from a completely fresh perspective . ’ |
| 42 | David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well . |
| 43 | My dad said he 'd buy me a ticket to fly back to England and David said that he 'd pay him back because he 'd be very happy if I could come back and help him as he did n't really know how to deal with his mother 's grief . |
| 44 | Anyway , I was told to accompany David on the Express if I could get a visa and off I went to Washington DC to apply for one and they told me absolutely not — I could n't have one — go away . |
| 45 | I know the little boys lean on her too much and I would have gone if I could . ’ |
| 46 | And myself , too , if I could find |
| 47 | It would not be so bad if I could just stand up , read my poems and leave , but that was apparently unthinkable . |
| 48 | Mrs Ross , Mrs Girdlestone added , had only her pension to live on , and she repeated that she would be glad if I could do something about her as soon as possible . |
| 49 | ‘ Would it be possible , if I could get a job , to pay for her in a private home , with part of her pension added on ? |
| 50 | One 's mind is occupied so much when one is young , but I wonder now if I could not have thought more about Beatrice . |
| 51 | It was as if I could see Dorothy looking at them , looking at them , trying to draw something from them to help her to hold on . |
| 52 | I 'd stay if I could . |
| 53 | Even now , if I could get my hands on him . |
| 54 | At that stage I had no idea whether anyone else had jumped the fence or not and I was purely concerned about carrying on if I could possibly could . |
| 55 | Now , if I could combine Ari 's DNA with Zambia 's physical make-up … |
| 56 | The troubles of the spirit are not always translated into the grosser medium of the flesh , but if I could not make this transfer with Miller then there would be no point in making him ill in the first place . |
| 57 | By this time I was convinced that nothing could work and that I would have to spend the rest of my life obsessed with food , hating my body , eating every day to the point of pain , and desperately frightened if I could n't find any laxatives or make myself sick . |
| 58 | If I could afford it , I would buy some of their shirts and casual clothes , because often they 're much better made than the stuff for girls . |
| 59 | I would like green eyes if I could have them but it 's just a passing thought , not a real obsession . |
| 60 | Maybe if I could make myself invisible , then I could walk down a street without feeling on trial for the way I look . |