Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to this point , the females have assiduously ignored the male , but soon he starts testing them to see if they are ready to mate . |
| 2 | We examined these magazines for shells , we examined them to see if they were perfect . |
| 3 | Jannie gazed into the food cupboard , picking up cereal packets and shaking them to see if they needed replacing . |
| 4 | This was his perfect nightmare , to be facing scabby , pock-marked men like these , who had nothing to lose if they gutted him on the spot . |
| 5 | ‘ You have nothing to lose if it does n't work , Mr Timms . |
| 6 | A waiter came up and after one close look at them asked if they were waiting for Count Felipe de Santis . |
| 7 | One of them asked if I would like some beetroot . |
| 8 | Now let me think if I can think what it was . |
| 9 | Cis wants me to go if I want to . |
| 10 | He struggles to escape , alternating shouts of Stop ! at the dogs and shouts to me to see if I am still on board . |
| 11 | Shortly after volunteering my services contacted me to see if I would act as supporter for who had recently had a little girl called . |
| 12 | Late one evening in 1958 Alfred Cobban telephoned me to see if I would consider going to Cumberland Lodge , in Windsor Great Park , to work there for three years as Director of Studies . |
| 13 | A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ . |
| 14 | They said , ‘ Do you want to ? ’ and I said , ‘ Not particularly , ’ but they suggested running a few things by me to see if I was interested . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Yeah , you were just testing me to see if I |
| 17 | Lucille was watching me to see if I 'd produce some reaction . |
| 18 | As it was , I already knew of their resignation as both had phoned me to see if I would give them backing in a boardroom coup . |
| 19 | ‘ You remember you asked me to see if I could find out who it was that had sent that news item about Leila in to Al-Liwa . ’ |
| 20 | The three weeks that I was in the scheme for — they trained me to see if I could do the job properly , they were able to see what I 'd be like when I was doing the job . |
| 21 | You want me to see if I can find Mick do n't you ? |
| 22 | But they were , they kept on looking at me to see if I was gon na move and I thought I 'm not gon na move till you move . |
| 23 | They asked me to see if you 'd like me to bring you some . ’ |
| 24 | He needed hobdaying and was rather on the temperamental side , so she sent him to Bill and me to see if he had any ability in the dressage sphere . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Luther sent me to see if it was all right , for him to come and get himself something to eat . ’ |
| 26 | Check residents ' clothes regularly and help them to shop if they would like this . |
| 27 | Let me perish if I know how to account for you or your humour . |
| 28 | It 's sometimes easier for them to cope if they distance themselves from it and rebuild their lives as single parents , without telling people what they 've been through . ’ |
| 29 | She 's responsible for compiling a directory of services on offer and sending members monthly statements to let them know if they 're in credit or not . |
| 30 | But definitely to let them know if it if it is sort of teaching |