Example sentences of "if [pron] could [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Ross , Mrs Girdlestone added , had only her pension to live on , and she repeated that she would be glad if I could do something about her as soon as possible . |
| 2 | I popped in on yer to see if I could do anything for yer , like did yer want a medical bandage that I could get cheap . |
| 3 | I 'd probably pull him out if I could do it without too much danger to myself . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ To get my 150th would be another landmark and it would be nice if I could do it in the Premier League . ’ |
| 5 | The way I got into national radio from local radio was listening to programmes and thinking , ‘ I could interview X , and I could get it into that programme , if I could do it in that format . ’ |
| 6 | So I spent two years in the mother and baby home , then , and decided that if I was going to stay in social work , then I would erm be better a able to help people if I could do it from the theoretical background as well as the feeling erm background er of my own my own personal feelings . |
| 7 | And if I could bring him to reconciliation with the king , without more bloodshed and without revenge , I would count it a good deed both for England and Wales . |
| 8 | It would be more convenient for me if I could collect them on Friday 10 May in the afternoon , say at 3.30 p.m. or later rather than at 11.30 a.m . |
| 9 | So , it 's no good er me looking up in some book Theresa 's dreams if I could decipher it like some kind of code in which every single thing in the laten in the manifest content represented something latent for what we 're trying to then kind of decode as in a code book because er that 's not valid , at least it 's not valid in general terms . |
| 10 | If I could refer you to the block beneath there on carry forwards , you started this year , bringing forward savings and under-spendings and various other contingencies of just over one and half million . |
| 11 | As we 're so poor , it would be an advantage if I could marry someone with money . " |
| 12 | I 'd be a lot happier if I could disentangle myself from What I 've already done and create songs from a completely fresh perspective . ’ |
| 13 | If I could lead you from that paragraph on page three fifty over to page three six four page three six four , one two three , four paragraphs from the top it 's ab it 's the second of two paragraphs that begins the Board affirms the church 's th that Christ teaches that marriage is special and divorce is not the way he would wish for his people and then this sentence no-one would wish to condens condemn someone to stay in a marriage which is beyond redeeming . |
| 14 | erm , so I would come up the town with you if I could think what for |
| 15 | When a pump action toothpaste tube became empty in my bathroom , I decided to take it apart to see if I could put it to further use . |
| 16 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |
| 17 | ‘ And if I had known , even just that you were free to love me if I could persuade you to , I would n't have been so — ’ Breaking off , Luke was once again silent for several seconds . |
| 18 | I ask him if I could describe him as a lucky little wanker who became very rich and famous through doing very little apart from being his baffled , fitful , daft self . |
| 19 | If I could see him at the back I 'll er , I 'll just get the question a bit more clearer and I 'm sure I can help . |
| 20 | And I rang them and see if I could cancel it for the Monday and he only , the doctor does n't sit on the Monday , so I 've got |
| 21 | I wonder if I could get them through the education . |
| 22 | And Lawrence confirmed yesterday : ‘ I would not discount making a move if I could get him for something like £700,000 . ’ |
| 23 | Oh that 's erm ah yes , I should try to use the calculator if I could find it on the machine ! |
| 24 | Doubted if I could find it in the undergrowth . |
| 25 | Some people will actually say , if I could add something to the plan that would cost you just a little bit more , which means that if you 're off work through illness , the company , Abbey will pay the premiums for you , would you be prepared to pay a bit more . |
| 26 | We are all frightened that fossil fuels are going to run out in the foreseeable future , and I wonder if i could ask you about one or two possibilities . |
| 27 | When I did Nurse Ratchett in One Flew Over The Cuckoo 's Nest up in Manchester I read the novel and found a speech in the book that was really wonderful on the character and I asked the director if I could read it for him . |
| 28 | I 've only done seven Well there 's twenty tapes and I 've got ta do as many as I can , I have n't done half of them yet , but if I could have them over the weekend I 'd be able to do loads more cos I 'm working on Saturday , I 'm going out Saturday , I think |
| 29 | With the TV cameras there , Julian Wilson asked Mr Webber if I could pop her over the fence . |
| 30 | After a while , though , she pulled herself together and , leaving one copy on her desk , took the other down to the secretarial room and asked if someone could run her off two more copies , ideally before the board meeting . |