Example sentences of "[verb] if [pron] could [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't know if you could understand it , but it is a strange feeling for a sailor to sink a ship — for a split second you have the idea , should I or should n't I ? |
| 2 | Depends if I could have it still tomorrow or not . |
| 3 | I used to tell trainees that it was their first aptitude test to see if they could make it over Stamford Street ! ’ was not too upset to find that she will have to devise a new aptitude test from the summer . |
| 4 | I wanted to see if I could experience it . |
| 5 | I had to go over there just to see how dockers worked over there , to see if I could improve it here , well I could n't because dockers would n't do what they , they were doing in Holland . |
| 6 | Corman admitted , ‘ I did one film really more as a joke to see if I could do it ; filmed it in two days and a night . |
| 7 | Our own son had practised Ramadan on one of his trips to the Middle East ‘ just to see if I could do it ’ . |
| 8 | enquired just to see if I could do it but er |
| 9 | When a pump action toothpaste tube became empty in my bathroom , I decided to take it apart to see if I could put it to further use . |
| 10 | leaving it and then going back to it to see if you could integrate it plus some graphs . |
| 11 | It was mesmerizing to watch her , to see if she could make it . |
| 12 | He just asked if he could hide it in the museum . |
| 13 | Some wag asked if he could prove it ! |
| 14 | So he asked if he could publish it on the morning of press day ; appearing in one paper in London would not undermine the American publicity . |
| 15 | and either pay it all in one I asked if I could pay it do so much , you know so much a year |
| 16 | ‘ Take it , ’ the woman had replied when Loretta asked if she could borrow it . |
| 17 | We 're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen , illustrated by Helen Oxenbury ( Walker Books , £9.95 ) Winner of the Smarties Award 1989 After one reading , Rosa gave this large format , handsome book her highest accolade ; she briskly wrote her name in the front and asked if she could take it to school ‘ to show Olga ’ , her favourite teacher . |
| 18 | I was wondering if I could take it tonight ? |
| 19 | This is it , this is it , I suppose if we could surround it in wood or |
| 20 | How about telling Veronica she had found something in rue Roland which belonged to her husband , and asking if she could return it ? |
| 21 | Doubted if I could find it in the undergrowth . |
| 22 | I doubt if she could drive it in that time . |
| 23 | We knew if you could catch it , it 'd be a great wave . ’ |
| 24 | So , er , we 're getting people saying it 's impossible to pay this even though they were asked if they could pay it at the the the time it was given sometime last July . |
| 25 | She had asked if they could have it private , early or late , but had been told they must join the club , for which there was a waiting list and a subscription . |
| 26 | Erm , now it did cross my mind , that it would be nice just to see it and have a talk and a demonstration , but I think our meetings are too big really for that sort of demonstration , I wonder if we could have it at the handicraft afternoon . |
| 27 | But he finds out all these things but he does n't tell you and you keep getting killed and you think I wonder if I could do it |
| 28 | I wonder if I could have it back please ? |
| 29 | The call the night before : Mohammed ca n't fly tomorrow , his gland has come up again , anyway , he mentioned your name , said you 're rated for the 35 , wonder if you could make it £200 cash and your exes ? |
| 30 | And I think if we could make it get one of the Uttlesford chaps to the same meeting |