Example sentences of "if [pers pn] can [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm keeping my head swivelling from side to side to see if I can spot a space |
| 2 | erm if I can bring a sample questionnaire when I 've done it to you I mean I 'll see |
| 3 | If I can bring a report by March I will do so but it , this is quite a complicated area . |
| 4 | I 'll have to see if I can borrow a car . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If I can give a player an extra metre it 's the difference between winning a ball and losing it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ So if I can make a suggestion ? ’ |
| 7 | Firstly , Clark assumes that all substantives name such ‘ concepts ‘ : ‘ If I can learn a word for something , I must first have grasped that thing as something nameable , whether it be a tree , a cat , a word ’ ( 1982 : 46 ) . |
| 8 | If I can have a game of polo I feel five hundred times better in my mental outlook . |
| 9 | Only if I can have a lump of your bread . |
| 10 | I 'd like to try stir-fry cooking , but I 'm not sure if I can use a wok on a ceramic hob . |
| 11 | I own an ex-Irish army Series III 1972 Land Rover , I 've recently fitted a Range Rover V8 instead of the 2,25 and would like to know if I can put a transfer box on to a 5-speed SD1 gear box . |
| 12 | Well it 's up to you if you want them to s shall I see if I can find a girl and you might try a size ten in the other ones would you like me |
| 13 | ‘ It could still be black magic because I 'm damned if I can find a way through the tangle . |
| 14 | I 'm just gon na see if I can find a clarity index . |
| 15 | I 'll dim er if I can find a dimmer I 'll dim the You can read it now ca n't you ? |
| 16 | If I can find a rubber , I 'll write it up for you I 'm afraid my ink , my pen , is running out . |
| 17 | What I 'd like you to think about , if I can find a rubber , is we 've said if you take the sum of Z X's times Z Y. They were A and B before , I think I might have confused that . |
| 18 | And the wallpaper , I looked at the wallpaper I thought , God if I can get a blind like that ! |
| 19 | Now I just want to look at a simple class of demand function , right , which we could write , if I can get a pen that works we write the demand function as P equals A over Q to the beta . |
| 20 | Leave it , I see if I can get a sheet done and we 'll get them photocopied . |
| 21 | ‘ If you do n't mind , Maria , I 'm going to telephone when we get in and find out if I can get a seat on an earlier flight back to Hong Kong — tonight , preferably , ’ he added evenly . |
| 22 | ‘ Maybe I 'll go along to the club anyway and see if I can get a game with someone else . ’ |
| 23 | I shall have to see if I can get a sitter for you two children . |
| 24 | After all , if I can get a book published as a " successful " student there must have been a dramatic change in my outlook . |
| 25 | see if I can get a grade A for this one , that , if I can get a grade A for the er next two pieces that I 'm doing , which I 've got to hand in , that could take me to a B grade after that . |
| 26 | see if I can get a grade A for this one , that , if I can get a grade A for the er next two pieces that I 'm doing , which I 've got to hand in , that could take me to a B grade after that . |
| 27 | Early afternoon , if I can get a train . ’ |
| 28 | And I 'll see if I can get a copy of CorelDraw . |
| 29 | of the District Council which happens to meet the same day as the County Council and the Economic Development Panel so if I can get a copy fast enough I will get one over here and that same week it will be formally preserved |
| 30 | ‘ If I can signal a message there 's a wonderful chance that she 'll see it ! |