Example sentences of "if she could [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an almost silent session , I felt unsure how to begin to help her ; so I asked her if she could draw a picture of a tree . |
| 2 | Doreen Copas well recalls her meeting in 1959 with the Principal of Harpenden Evening Institute when she asked if she could start a movement class , and was told there was no real demand . |
| 3 | who I 've , cos she said to Mr if she could bring a camera for us to camcord |
| 4 | I also asked her if she could leave a meal in the oven . ’ |
| 5 | I heard a housing association official who visited a northern Women 's Aid refuge for battered women being asked if she could help a woman who 'd just arrived , eight months ' pregnant , with two black eyes , find a place on her own . |
| 6 | There should also be more investment in counselling for unwillingly pregnant women , more support for the lone mother who would keep her pregnancy if she could see a way of coping , and fewer politicians using our bodies as debating points to be scored over opponents . |
| 7 | She would go down to the club and do some keep fit for an hour , then have a fruit juice lunch and see if she could find a game of tennis . |
| 8 | But she would be surprised , Ruth thought — astounded , horrified — if she knew what other thoughts raced in her young servant 's mind , if she could catch a glimpse of the vivid memories of what had happened with Dick Parker . |
| 9 | She glanced behind her to see if she could catch a glimpse of Ryker . |
| 10 | He wondered if she could drive a tractor . |
| 11 | At that moment María Sanchez , her face embarrassed and alarmed , glided up to us and asked if she could have a word in private . |
| 12 | Once the budgies and the two cats were attended to , she asked the kindly-looking proprietor if she could have a word with Mrs Jarvis . |
| 13 | Moira said she would ask her parents if she could have a drink with him . |
| 14 | My niece was visiting for the day and she asked if she could have a drink of orange juice so I told her to go ahead and help herself . |
| 15 | A friend said it would be wonderful if she could have a wood with an obelisk where she could go and sit , ’ says Gwyn . |
| 16 | Darren ( 3.9 ) was pushing a friend in a large basket on wheels when his teacher asked if she could have a ride . |
| 17 | She was more interested in getting a glass of water from the mini-bar and enquiring if she could have a cup of tea . |
| 18 | Maggie had developed a raging thirst and wondered if she could get a drink at the Commemorative Hall . |