Example sentences of "if i [modal v] not [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
2 | If I ca n't get the information I want any other way I shall ask the fraud squad to make inquiries . |
3 | ‘ Not if I ca n't hear the order , ’ Isabel muttered grimly . |
4 | I feel deprived if I ca n't have the same as everyone else ; |
5 | I sat back on the bed , trying to decide if I would not confront the Frankenstein household openly . |
6 | 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 . ’ |
7 | If I can not make the time myself it might still be worth paying Dessie Clancy and his lad . ’ |
8 | I could become a burden to me wife and family , not only that , if I could n't pay the mortgage they might throw us out of the cottage . |
9 | ‘ If I could n't see the funny side of life , I think I would have murdered someone by now ! ’ says Mel . |