Example sentences of "[be] [verb] if [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're seeing if we can move the gear lever , Dorcas , ’ said Nooty . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're wondering if we should send Sîan to La Sainte Union . ’ |
| 3 | And I 've been wondering if something could go wrong with the telephone system of Foulness . " |
| 4 | She had been wondering if she would have gone to visit Rupert if he had been ill , or if she would have left in to Sophia . |
| 5 | We are wondering if we could use the hall on the evenings of 26 April , 10 May , and 24 May ? |
| 6 | See and all that screaming and all that aggravation could have been avoided if you 'd have known you were going to get in . |
| 7 | This will probably be to see if you can think on your feet and react well under stress . |
| 8 | This period saw the beginning of attempts by conferences of representatives of states to draw up treaties or conventions on different aspects of the law of armed conflict , what is referred to as the jus in bello , that is , the rules of how war should be waged if it should break out . |
| 9 | And what is more , I 'll give it or not as I please ; and I 'll be buggered if I 'll ask permission of some pushy little perisher before I do so . ’ |
| 10 | On April 13 there were reports of exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani forces , and two days later the Times of India carried a report that the Home Minister , Mufti Mohammed Sayeed , was of the view that a war with Pakistan would be justified if it would break " the stranglehold of the secessionists " . |
| 11 | For example in Alcine , Act 3 , scenes 4–5 , as Melanie pines for Astolphe , who has fallen victim to Alcine 's desires ( E minor ) , Alcine 's spurned lover Athlant attempts to console Melanie by proposing vengeance ( E major ) ; as the scene continues E minor becomes ‘ Athlant 's key ’ as he declares he loves Melanie and suggests that her ‘ fickle lover ’ can be punished if she will love him in return . |
| 12 | I 've become very fond of Ellis and I 'm prepared on occasion to be tempted into his latest hare-brained scheme , but I 'm buggered if I 'll carry on like Richard Hannay and his chums in a John Buchan novel . |
| 13 | No question about it , she had a face , but I 'm buggered if I can remember what it looked like . |
| 14 | Well I 've seen the toothbrush somewhere recently but I 'm buggered if I can remember where . |
| 15 | ‘ And I would be honoured if you would bear my children . ’ |
| 16 | But , since she 'd be hanged if she 'd let the man by her side know that the Sebastian of the deerstalker hat was her brother , she left Sebastian 's name out of it too . |
| 17 | Colonel Stok said , ‘ I would be obliged if you would speak more quietly . ’ |
| 18 | I enclose a wooden varnished toy which I would be obliged if you would examine and test under the above Regulations . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd be obliged if you would cease to point that antique at me ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But I would be obliged if you would come straight to the point , Captain Carew . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , they can just think again , ’ replied Rachel hotly , ‘ and if anyone says anything to you on those lines I would be obliged if you would put them straight . ’ |
| 22 | We would be obliged if you could witness our customers ' signatures where appropriate and ensure that they are fully aware of the documentation signed . |
| 23 | ‘ But Canon Wheeler would be obliged if you could attend a little earlier to get a head start , ’ said Miss Coldharbour . |
| 24 | ‘ I intend to make something of meself , so I 'd be obliged if you 'd treat me with more respect . ’ |
| 25 | But , ’ she added pungently , ‘ I 'd be obliged if you 'd make it clear to your Formula One buddies that you and I are just good friends ! ’ |
| 26 | If you should hear from her I 'd be obliged if you 'd let me know . ’ |
| 27 | The Baronne de Rochefort presented her compliments to Mademoiselle Russell , and would be obliged if she would call at the château at three o'clock that afternoon . |
| 28 | It is common ground that an order for payment to the defendant by the board of his costs in the court of first instance can only be made if he can establish under section 18(4) ( b ) that he ‘ will suffer severe financial hardship unless the order is made … |
| 29 | Now more of a sex vixen than the innocent girl next door it remains to be seen if one can retain her teeny bop audience while aiming for the ( slightly ) more mature rock audience . |
| 30 | On the American side the multilateralists believed that protectionism in the United States might be weakened if they could win a demonstrable success against Imperial Preference . |