Example sentences of "[verb] if i [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't know if I 'll ever get some more . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ I do n't know if I wo n't be scared of dying . |
| 3 | Sometimes I do n't know if I would n't rather be … |
| 4 | But I saw no other way out : I did n't know if I would ever have a chance again . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't know if I could even get a job as a junior salesman . |
| 6 | And there was a neurosis and an anxiety involved around doing that solo record for me , because I 'd never done one before and I did n't know if I could actually pull it off . |
| 7 | I do n't know if I could ever have a relationship , the way I feel about my body . |
| 8 | I do n't know if I could ever afford to give you more . ’ |
| 9 | God , I do n't know if I should even be talking about it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Beth was wrong in what she did , I wo n't deny that , and I do n't know if I can ever forgive her . |
| 11 | I do n't know if I will ever forgive Madness ' fans : they took away my beloved Morrissey . |
| 12 | Er apparently they phone her up or summat and ask her if she 'll go and stand in for other people and she turned round and says if I ca n't have this school I 'm not doing any . |
| 13 | He must know I worry if I ca n't see it . |
| 14 | I know I do n't want to lose this man , but I realise I will do if I ca n't sort myself out . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | I was beginning to wonder if I 'd ever find you ! ’ |
| 18 | He said that he would publish the book without a single alteration and that he would be obliged if I would kindly call him to discuss details . |
| 19 | By this time I was convinced that nothing could work and that I would have to spend the rest of my life obsessed with food , hating my body , eating every day to the point of pain , and desperately frightened if I could n't find any laxatives or make myself sick . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | There 's no point in me doing it I mean if I could just hear Ben going ah ah ah |
| 22 | So I 'll see you back at the church I mean if I can just park down by Devon Square I will , but otherwise I 'll park |
| 23 | The sea breeze was strong enough to mould the skirts of passing women , and Grunte , who could remember little of the events of the night , save that he had spent a good deal of money feeding the faces of his party faithful ( ‘ Pity about Hyacinth ’ ) , and that he had been seen back to the Grand after a drink or two by Leroy Burns ( ‘ Grand fellow , must see if I ca n't find him another Sierra ’ ) , gave thought to his pending performance . |
| 24 | I 'll see if I can straight back into it there . |
| 25 | Would n't mind if I could just bloody bring it up . |
| 26 | Whereas I cease to function if I ca n't put at least something in my mouth every day or so he , beyond a certain threshold of exhaustion , falls unavoidably asleep , bolt upright , with his eyes wide open . |
| 27 | I do n't like if I ca n't see what 's on the cards . |
| 28 | While I 've been out in the fresh air enjoying myself she 's been stuck in this featureless boarding house , wondering if I 'll ever come back . |
| 29 | I mean I like dancing and music but I like to have a chat with , I ca n't , I ca n't be bothered if I ca n't chat properly because you ca n't hear yourself |
| 30 | ‘ And it was six years for both of us , but you 'll understand if I ca n't sympathise with your waiting when it was all unknowing — ignorance being bliss — whereas I 've known precisely what it was that troubled me through all those six years . ’ |