Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before returning to the Cape , he had written ‘ I have been idle so long that I doubt if I shall ever do a single grand battement in my life again — I crack when I move . ’ |
| 2 | Italy 's a really wonderful country , I wonder if I 'll ever get a chance to go back . |
| 3 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to keep playing well , and if I ca n't make the team then I want to be in a position to give myself a real chance in America in two years time . ’ |
| 5 | I draw Donald a lot if I ca n't get a hand or an angle of an arm right . |
| 6 | I draw Donald a lot if I ca n't get a hand or an angle of an arm right . |
| 7 | If I ca n't get a response from them soon I 'll force-feed 'em my old loin-cloths ! |
| 8 | If I ca n't get a job I wo n't stay in Slumptown — I do n't want benefit or a Youth Scheme' all that crap . |
| 9 | If I ca n't get the information I want any other way I shall ask the fraud squad to make inquiries . |
| 10 | ‘ Not if I ca n't hear the order , ’ Isabel muttered grimly . |
| 11 | There 's the gutter if I ca n't find a cheap hotel . |
| 12 | ‘ Over the last three or four years it has gradually got worse and if I ca n't find a cure I might have to give up distance running , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ Now you listen to me — if I ca n't have a chalet I must have a room where I can talk to Silas privately . |
| 14 | If I ca n't have a band , I wo n't go . |
| 15 | Well if I ca n't have a bit of this chocolate , I 'm going home . |
| 16 | I feel deprived if I ca n't have the same as everyone else ; |
| 17 | And ask her about the water heater cos if I ca n't take a shower I will stink ! |
| 18 | ‘ If I may not die a king I shall die like a gentleman ’ , he reflected . |
| 19 | Madam Chairman if I may just make a comment of concern that information was not , on this point was not forthcoming to the county councillors of that area perhaps to make er give them an opportunity to make comment prior to you so you could make this delegated action . |
| 20 | Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this |
| 21 | I sat back on the bed , trying to decide if I would not confront the Frankenstein household openly . |
| 22 | I did n't like it but I needed the money — the bastard threatened tae evict us from our caravan if I would n't train the lions — and I was scared of Raja and it knew I was scared and I got drunk and drunker and ’ — Paddy held his crutch aloft — ‘ ye see what happened . ’ |
| 23 | But I saw no other way out : I did n't know if I would ever have a chance again . ’ |
| 24 | If I would now recommend the Finzis in the shorter pieces in preference to the otherwise fine Higginbottom performances of Howells choral works on , the situation regarding the delectable Requiem is not quite so clear cut , as Hyperion also possesses an outstanding version from the Corydon Singers under their gifted director , Matthew Best ( ) . |
| 25 | If I can not make the time myself it might still be worth paying Dessie Clancy and his lad . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I find life so boring if I can not enjoy a drink , ’ he said . |
| 27 | If I can just reach the horses , thought Floy , moving stealthily forwards . |
| 28 | If I can just reach the horses and reach up and untether them , I believe we could be off and down the road and the creature would never catch up with us . |
| 29 | But if I can just reiterate the criteria . |
| 30 | If I can wave to that group of kids and they go home and talk about it , fantastic , or if I can just sign a measly bit of paper for a kid and he 's so stunned he ca n't talk , that really brings home to me what I am doing it for : because it really makes me feel good . ’ |