Example sentences of "[to-vb] if i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked because I wanted to know if I would be in a job if Sharon was in a position to employ me . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And er after a time , they wanted to know if I 'd take complete charge and I said well yes I said , but what are the men gon na think ? |
| 4 | It er they 'd had a fire there and they wanted to know if I could replace the lock . |
| 5 | ABC tracked me down after seeing some of the papers in my case and wanted to know if I could confirm what they 'd been told . |
| 6 | I had to know if I could put life into it . |
| 7 | Wanted to know if I could remember whether Mr Meredith went off riding on the day Anna was attacked . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd love to come if I may , and — I 'd like to ask you about something . |
| 9 | So I gave up the production of all but ‘ Leicester Square to Broadway ’ and began to wonder if I would not be happier producing shows for the BBC in London or in another country — perhaps China . |
| 10 | He smiled as Sophie flushed and he added , ‘ I was beginning to wonder if I would n't be a bit bored with just my uncle — nice man though he is — but now I 'm extremely glad I accepted his invitation . ’ |
| 11 | I was beginning to wonder if I 'd ever find you ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I was always a bad correspondent , ’ berated Lear , ‘ but surely you are still more unconscientious , for when I do write , you answer me by a short scrawl — only one word of which out of every 2d can I decipher , & I have kept your last and only epistle to see if I ca n't sell it as an ancient hieroglyphic . ’ |
| 13 | I had been employed at Jersey House for about two and a half years when I was approached to see if I might like to do a little cleaning work to earn some overtime . |
| 14 | I 've come to see if I may be of use . ’ |
| 15 | Shortly after volunteering my services contacted me to see if I would act as supporter for who had recently had a little girl called . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Some time towards the end of 1943 I was approached by the US Office of War Information to see if I would join their staff as adviser on Burmese subjects and language . |
| 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 | My private idea , which I hardly dare mention in case I 've got it all wrong , is that you were copying the style of some book or other to see if I would recognize it . |
| 20 | A lady come up yesterday to see if I would do it . |
| 21 | To see if I 'd nick it or not . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Lucille was watching me to see if I 'd produce some reaction . |
| 24 | Oh yeah she 's been a couple of times to see if I 'd swap . |
| 25 | I feel each letter to see if I can guess which one 's mine . |
| 26 | I can see this light shining from the side , so I squeeze through a couple of trolleys to see if I can get out that way . |
| 27 | They 're trying me out at the school Phil goes to — to see if I can manage . |
| 28 | To see if I can get the money for it before the end of the month . |
| 29 | He then continues to say ‘ This is a game to see if I can make you say ‘ sixteen ’ within sixty seconds ' . |
| 30 | I do it ( a little ) to see if I can get him drunk and careless , but so far he wo n't touch it . |