Example sentences of "see if [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tuesday night about seeing if we can do a bit more sorting out in her bedroom . |
| 2 | This involved taking apart any statements made by known offenders and seeing if they could pinpoint a flaw somewhere along the line . |
| 3 | An example might be to focus on car number plates and seeing if you can make a word containing all the letters of the plate number , or in a supermarket look out for all items costing a particular amount of money , or in a crowded room noting the number of people with blue eyes . |
| 4 | Contact your insurance company to see if they 'll offer a discount for customers with burglar alarms . |
| 5 | It 's important for the younger people who are waiting to see if they will get a pension when they retire . |
| 6 | Planners will today be told to see if they can find a way to close a vital Nottingham City Centre link road without causing major traffic problems . |
| 7 | At every corner they paused , checked the signal strength , held it at arm 's length to see if they could detect a greater strength around the other side . |
| 8 | she were gon na look at that place at er Audrey 's brother 's got it same as Walter 's , er second hand stuff to see if they could get a little bit of something , start him off , like , you know |
| 9 | The children looked all along the bank to see if they could find a boat . |
| 10 | Just la 's look to see if we can make a case all right ? |
| 11 | Well , I suggest someone nips over next door to see if we can borrow a room — that is , if it is felt that we need actually to discuss anything more . " |
| 12 | we 've already written , we 've already written last week to the Scottish office , we 've written to our member of parliament and we 've asked him to see if we can get a delay on the date because we 've taken three years to try and get planning consent . |
| 13 | ‘ I would like to make a record so we 're putting together some tapes this month and we hope to send them off to recording companies and agents to see if we can get a contract . |
| 14 | He had gone early , before it was too unbearably hot , to see if he could obtain a newspaper which might tell him what was happening . |
| 15 | Philip jumped up to see if he could get a look in through the window . |
| 16 | Willie peered gingerly outside to see if he could catch a glimpse of the strange boy from the Post Office . |
| 17 | He looked across to see if he could catch a glimpse of Nenna and the girls , and ask them what they thought about it , but everybody seemed to have gone ashore . |
| 18 | Sometimes new tooling and equipment er and as I said before , a craftsman always looks to see if he can do a particular job better , if not somewhat easier er than hitherto . |
| 19 | And in the last year or so , several of the top galleries have approached me to see if I 'd consider a deal with one of their artists ; for example , Fischer Fine Art offered Gillian Ayers , and Nigel Greenway offered Jeffery Camp . |
| 20 | I 'm keeping my head swivelling from side to side to see if I can spot a space |
| 21 | I 'll have to see if I can borrow a car . ’ |
| 22 | To see if I can get a big one . |
| 23 | I shall have to see if I can get a sitter for you two children . |
| 24 | Without thinking , I got up and went over to see if I could lend a hand . |
| 25 | Er it 's just to see if I could get a repeat prescription for the pill . |
| 26 | I was trying last year to try to see if I could get a erm an Indian , you know when we sort of do looking at Asia |
| 27 | Ooh then I went to the B and Q to see if I could get a blind to match , but I spent , so I |
| 28 | My purpose was to see if I could write a novel with only two characters , preserving the unities of time , place and action ( it all happens in one day in John 's London flat ) , without any cheating through long flashbacks or such devices . |
| 29 | I knew I was courting disaster without a rope and partner on , so rushed around below the ice cliffs of the snout to see if I could force a route over the smooth slabs and close to the col . |
| 30 | But every night , after the light in your bedroom has been switched off , Swan will come to your window to see if you 'd like a ride . |