Example sentences of "if i would " in BNC.

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1 But I saw no other way out : I did n't know if I would ever have a chance again . ’
2 ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president .
3 He asked if I would advise him to send for Henderson , I said ‘ No ’ , which he said relieved him .
4 Was he trying to determine if I would correct him ?
5 By this time David had started up the Arts Lab and asked me if I would teach street theatre and improvisation there , so I was destined to go to Beckenham . ’
6 The old man had gone to stay with relatives for a few days , and Dorothy wondered if I would water her houseplants , because he ( Leo ) wanted to spend all the time he could with her at the hospital .
7 Then one day she rang to ask if I would go to see her ; she wanted my advice .
8 On a night in early winter , one of those wild exciting nights with a brilliant moon sliding in and out of the racing clouds , Mrs Browning rang , and asked if I would go down .
9 She asked me if I would speak to the police for her .
10 Over there they have lots of servants , and her mother asks me if I would like to work there for a year , looking after Charlotte , so that Nicola could come and stay with them .
11 She seemed flabbergasted , but rallied and asked me if I would look in at the Gray Mare in Kilburn and say ‘ hello ’ to her son Joe Kelly who worked there .
12 I wondered if I would ever be able to peep inside one .
13 I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute .
14 Whilst I was in Aachen the Head of Swedish Radio invited me to Stockholm to conduct the new Radio Orchestra and I was asked if I would do the Sixth Symphony , which was quite new then and very little known .
15 ‘ Oh , Tremayne , as if I would . ’
16 I thought of Fringe and the Downs and wondered if I would ever ride in a race , and I thought of Ronnie Curzon and publishers and American rights and of Erica Upton 's reviews and it all seemed as distant as Ursa Major but not one whit as essential to my continued existence .
17 Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here .
18 I went to a meeting and they asked if I would try to get them contacts from the West , ’ said Mrs Charlton .
19 Shortly after volunteering my services contacted me to see if I would act as supporter for who had recently had a little girl called .
20 He said that he would publish the book without a single alteration and that he would be obliged if I would kindly call him to discuss details .
21 And he said that I had perceived correctly , that he might do nothing without my goodwill which he would strive to gain , if I would allow it .
22 Then he became angry , and threatened that he would silence me forever , if I would not agree .
23 Moments before the Prime Minister presented me with the trophy , I was asked if I would pose in the sea for a tourism promotion picture .
24 Presently he drew me aside to suggest that if I would like to give him a certain sum his wife and daughter would go immediately and prepare a gypsy supper .
25 Late one evening in 1958 Alfred Cobban telephoned me to see if I would consider going to Cumberland Lodge , in Windsor Great Park , to work there for three years as Director of Studies .
26 I wondered if I would ever see them again and silently said goodbye .
27 Had I been a little less successful in catching chub or , worse , met with a complete blank , then Heaven knows if I would have continued specimen hunting .
28 I just love sitting and reading and doing NOTHING … a huge man came here the other day and practically THREATENED me if I would n't write my life story … offered me any money I asked for … but thank God I am well off now .
29 After I had produced talks and features for a year or so , Jack Radford asked me one day if I would like to take charge of a music show .
30 So I gave up the production of all but ‘ Leicester Square to Broadway ’ and began to wonder if I would not be happier producing shows for the BBC in London or in another country — perhaps China .
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