Example sentences of "the [noun sg] if [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lords , erm I would like to take the opportunity if I may just to refer very briefly to one amendment of mine on page two , line eighteen after the second of insert not less than . |
| 2 | You can begin to bring someone back to the present if you can gradually get them to remember events in their life nearer to the present day . |
| 3 | So I 'll tell you I 'll tell you what to do with those in a minute but if y at the moment if you 'd just like to have a go at sorting it out . |
| 4 | Well , imagine the reaction if you could nonchalantly mention that your strings were made from magnetically active nickel steel with a reinforced twist at the ball end because you are such an animal when it comes to whammy-bar aerobics ! |
| 5 | Ask the lecturer if he can possibly forecast what , at least , his next lecture is to contain . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll ring Mr Pritchard to fetch me in the morning if you 'll just let me stay the night . ’ |
| 7 | And I never phone unless I can erm , well you know if I can possibly avoid it I never phone at the most expensive time of day , I avoid mornings like the plague if I can possibly manage |
| 8 | But there it is , and outside and foreign firms will put money in , especially if subsidized by temporary government measures , for as you know , public investment in private industry is judged to be ideologically correct , while public investment for public and community concerns is judged ideologically to be harmful , but the firms are interested in making money out of the region if I may so put it , not in sustaining world promotion and healthy living in the region . |
| 9 | On HP the aircraft is yours at once , and once a specified sum has been paid to the finance company , the finance company must go to court to reclaim the balance if you can no longer keep up the payments . |
| 10 | Erm I do n't like putting people on the spot if I can possibly |