Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We ca n't let you know yet where exactly you will have your wonderful week , because we want to keep it a surprise . |
| 2 | I do not suspect them — although naturally you must do your job and make sure they are questioned . |
| 3 | But the sociologist of religion is interested in far more complicated questions than merely who would call themselves Methodist , Muslim or Mormon — or the proportion of each faith that attends a place of worship each day or week or month , or commits suicide in a particular year . |
| 4 | okay , okay erm yeah although normally you could do something like that while you can do that by phone you can call up and say yes we 're coming definitely just to get in touch and say it . |
| 5 | Except now you can get it from a supermarket in your town . |
| 6 | Minch would have to shut him up and calm down Slorne herself until eventually she would quieten herself down and let the rest of us get some peace and quiet . ’ |
| 7 | Until eventually you can get it to a stage , where you 're just doing it , because you know you can get your eleven appointments . |
| 8 | Teacher-in-role starts a class improvisation as if they were a local community in the mid-west hearing what a bright future they might have if only they would abandon their homes and move west . |
| 9 | Frightened and starving , the pitifully thin dog desperately needed help — if only they could catch her first . |
| 10 | If only they could see me in the office now I 'd turn more than a few heads . |
| 11 | These are the contenders , the hardy perennials of quality skiing for discerning Brits , the so-called top resorts which tour operators will tell you they could sell twenty times over if only they could get their mitts on more beds . |
| 12 | If he is completely silent , they are more than satisfied , if only they can see him . |
| 13 | But the plan is a good one , and it would work , if only they 'd give it a chance . ’ |
| 14 | He could travel well enough on his own , if only they 'd let him . |
| 15 | ‘ Joining the ERM is not a prize to be given to our partners when they come up to scratch , but a benefit to ourselves if only we would take it , ’ he said . |
| 16 | What is certain is that we need to recapture the vision of the primitive church , for if only we could drag ourselves away from our television sets and unhook our headphones from our portable stereos we would hear the clear call to arms . |
| 17 | One such black hole could run ten large power stations , if only we could harness its power . |
| 18 | If only we could fix it for you , Ted … |
| 19 | And you know , so often you and I , we have questions that we want to bring to the Lord , if only was here in person , if only we could sit him down in the front room , how many things we would have to ask of him ! |
| 20 | If only we could bring it into focus , he wrote , if only we could concentrate hard enough , we might be able to understand what it is . |
| 21 | I tell you , if only we could understand them … ’ |
| 22 | It 's like all good things to come , I do n't like to count my chickens , so I 'd rather not , not the little memorandums say , oh you 've got another X million , if only we could take them in this year . |
| 23 | We are situated on the Norfolk coast of the Wash , and a very pleasant situation it would be , if only we could enjoy it . |
| 24 | But still we kept saying if only we could see ourselves on the video , that would help us . |
| 25 | Rapid changes in the European Community itself — progress towards the Single Market , creation of the Social Charter , greater economic integration , the prospect of a far larger membership — all offer enormous opportunities , if only we will seize them . |
| 26 | If only we can observe them , perhaps we can learn from them . |
| 27 | If only we can reach it stealthily … |
| 28 | Kind surgeons have offered to operate on him , if only we can get him over here . |
| 29 | " I 'll hold him down while you kick him , if only we can find him . |
| 30 | Imagination is the capacity to make links and to see links — it is not discontinuous with reality , but is a way of understanding what really is there if only we can see it . |