Example sentences of "[noun sg] if i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I take the view that the Unity Development Plans for Leeds and Bradford do tend to me to suggest that there is the ability to meet an increasing amount of need in within their own areas and that that should be reflected in a continually reducing er export if I can call it that , to North Yorkshire , and this morning we heard from Cleveland that Cleveland are making gallant efforts to er to er retain their economic er viability by retaining their population . |
| 2 | It got rid of the crap if I can put it that way , sorted out my priorities . |
| 3 | Well , I may send a telegram if I can work a few days off at Athens . |
| 4 | ‘ I never 'ave anything to do with trash if I can 'elp it . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't eat breakfast , just a cup of tea and a bit of toast if I can spare it . |
| 6 | Erm a few comments I 'd like to start with with Cleveland and the erm the idea that there 's there 's there 's there 's no problem whatsoever in accommodating erm the overspill if I can put it that way or the retention within Cleveland . |
| 7 | Good I 'm pleased about that , so I did n't really want somebody coming all the way down from the West End cos I 'm I , I 'm what I would call a buyer , I 'm only going to be a buyer if I can get money from somewhere that I do n't know you know what I mean . |
| 8 | ‘ Not to worry ’ said Alice , ‘ at least my mother will be pleased , but she 'll not be a skater if I can help it . ’ |
| 9 | Obviously you 'll get a refund if I can solve |
| 10 | I 'm not quite sure , I think most organizations have a certain amount of of sum of money if I can remember from the workshops . |
| 11 | Yeah I 'll ask mum if I can miss school on Friday |
| 12 | ‘ This heavy-duty polythene should do the trick if I can wedge it across the gaps . ’ |
| 13 | Well both are awkward , I said , but I will stand a light spanking if I can come home with you after . |
| 14 | By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September . |
| 15 | If I can get hold of the erm the name If I can remember the name . |
| 16 | Nest of perverts , so they tell me , I wo n't have 'em in my service if I can help it . |
| 17 | I do n't much want to be a charge on charity if I can avoid it . " |
| 18 | ‘ I brought them over yesterday and George let me have a couple of boxes for the night but I do n't want to leave them over another night if I can help it . |
| 19 | I am no expert on pickups but I do n't want to get a replacement if I can fix the existing one . |
| 20 | And certainly we have kept the amou the amount of administration down to a bear minimum if I can show you . |
| 21 | My Lord if I can help . |
| 22 | I am enjoying my writing career and would like to develop it into a full-time career if I can earn enough money . |
| 23 | I 'm being honest er Rod if I can earn myself twenty five thirty thousand I 'm not I 'm not looking for you know fortunes . |
| 24 | She 's promised to give me some schooling if I can get to chapel in the mornings . |
| 25 | But ours was , we had the the house the s the scullery if I can describe it and then there was the coal house and then there was a toilet . |
| 26 | Just ask dad if I can have the time off before Friday and I 'll find somewhere to go . |
| 27 | I 'M GOING to ask my next door neighbour if I can write his biography . |
| 28 | And if Oliver wants to see me — which might be a good idea if I can talk some sense into him — then I 'll only do so if I 've cleared it with Stuart first . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't want to waste any more time if I can help it . ’ |
| 30 | We both argued that the levels of er housing development in Craven , Harrogate and to a lesser extent perhaps Amblet Hambleton should not be constrained , so as to reduce erm the the steady trickle if I can describe it as that of migration from the West Yorkshire conurbation to those areas , in perhaps er l looking at the different proposal for the new settlement which might be located in the Leeds York corridor . |