Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Now let me think if I can think what it was . |
2 | By our Lord , the king of heaven , if I can do anything you want you may find me most generous ; most happily will I perform for you without grudging . " ) |
3 | If I can do anything I must know the facts . ’ |
4 | books here , yeah , I just , read them , I do n't know if I can do it I |
5 | I do it if I really have to , but if I can avoid it I chicken out , and I had too much lately . ’ |
6 | ‘ I remember seeing pictures of a fish like that at school , but I 'm damned if I can remember what it was , ’ said Yanto , thoughtfully . |
7 | No question about it , she had a face , but I 'm buggered if I can remember what it looked like . |
8 | And er if I can help it I 've got to erm do me best to stop that happening . |
9 | If I can find him I 'll try to persuade him to visit her too . ’ |
10 | ‘ I need two new players to make the team more competitive and if I can get them we will be . |
11 | I 'll have to phone Nick tonight to see if the Captain has a phone number now rather than just an address cos if I can phone him it 'll be a lot easier . |
12 | ‘ Ribalta is hard to hit , but if I can catch him I will knock him out . ’ |
13 | ‘ If I 'd know what you were , I 'd have killed myself in the Lubianka . ’ |
14 | If I 'd hit you you could n't have looked more stricken . |
15 | I tell my students during my evolution and behaviour course not to use the F word and the F word is fitness and I advise them strongly not to , and if I could ban it I would . |
16 | Wishful thinking : the statement ‘ If I could do anything I would implant the standards in his brain ’ may spark off more realistic ideas such as running a course to explain the standards ( perhaps in a country hotel so as to make it a pleasant experience ) . |
17 | ABC tracked me down after seeing some of the papers in my case and wanted to know if I could confirm what they 'd been told . |
18 | If I could find it I could sleep there . |
19 | She 'd seen her brother 's and she wanted to see if they all looked like that and she asked me so I showed her mine , but it was only if she 'd show me hers and she did as well . ’ |
20 | ‘ She 'd only have herself to thank , ’ said Rose waspishly , then added , with a smile suggestive of a cat with newly sharpened claws , ‘ anyway , I doubt if she 'd know who it was with her reading glasses on . ’ |
21 | ‘ If she could sniff something she would , ’ remembers Brian Crowley , Kirsty 's foster dad . |
22 | If you would represent him we could it section six two . |
23 | I 'll tell you my secret if you 'll tell me yours . |
24 | I think if you 'll excuse me I 'll just take a little nap . |
25 | Now , if you 'll excuse me I believe our hour is up . |
26 | If you 'll excuse me I 'll go up and shower and change . ’ |
27 | I have to be up early tomorrow , so if you 'll excuse me I think I 'll go on up to bed . ’ |
28 | ‘ Well — if you 'll excuse me I 'll go to my room , where I have a good book . |
29 | If you 'll teach me I 'll come and work for you a few hours a week . ’ |
30 | If you 'll follow me I 'll take you down and introduce you to your department . ’ |