Example sentences of "if [pron] [modal v] [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it looks as if nothing could stop West Germany taking the lead with her unbeatable combination of credentials : guilt , enthusiasm , material interest and money . |
| 2 | Er I doubt if I , I doubt if I 'll see Granville before Friday . |
| 3 | If I might paraphrase Picasso , ‘ Copyists might make yellow look like the sun ; artists can make the sun itself . ’ |
| 4 | He was about to ring off when , on an impulse , Theodora said , ‘ I wonder if I might visit St Benet 's ? |
| 5 | If I may quote Professor Moule 's wise words again , ‘ Authentic Christianity finds itself uttering , in the power of the Spirit of God , the address of Jesus Christ the Son of God to God the Father , and thus bearing witness about Jesus to the world . |
| 6 | But Dad said only : ‘ You should have taken your sister with you — ’ ( as if I would take Ethel anywhere I did n't have to — and certainly not the lavatory . ) |
| 7 | ‘ I wonder if I can send Dick my love and wish him a speedy recovery through Guitarist … ? ’ asked Clem . |
| 8 | Lee said to me , ‘ If I can beat Sanders , I 'll win the Open . |
| 9 | Right if I can give Ken those to give out . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll see if I can locate Mr Clancy , ’ she said , in some alarm . |
| 11 | The task of going direct from A to C , if I can see C , presents no special difficulty ; this is the kind of problem solved by the students of animal orientation . |
| 12 | My start was not at its best in 1987 , so I thought , well okay , if I can follow Macrae out then I will be all right . |
| 13 | ‘ If I can find Elvis , then he and I can deal with this thing . |
| 14 | You want me to see if I can find Mick do n't you ? |
| 15 | Let me see if I can get Bryony to see where this moorhen is . |
| 16 | Not just on my own he just said that , it was a bit bad cos I , I said to him , you know , who 's going and he listed like er reeled off , I ca n't remember , reeled off a load of blokes yes last night and I said are there any girls going and he said well I 'll see if I can get Laura and Giles to come and I said yeah I feel much better about that , you know , whatever and then today he said erm look ca n't go and was a real , I du n no he 's got something and he 's usually like the real medium and he , you know , if there 's e if there 's ever like a pregnant pause then he 's the one that like keeps it all going |
| 17 | Oh right well I 'll erm er see er I 'll , I 'll see if I can catch Ian and , and , and see what , see what 's happened to it |
| 18 | Cos she asked last night , I was supposed to be taking Jenny and then when Fay came she asked me if I 'd take Fay as well today so it looks as though Charlotte 's mum did everybody took everybody home . |
| 19 | If I 'd have Jan with Ben and we thought it was a new girlfriend . |
| 20 | My teacher , Mr Taylor , did tell us to do our talk on something we knew about , so I asked if I could bring Dawn in and tell the other kids about what I was doing . |
| 21 | I wonder if I could bring Mr Williamson back to the basic methodology of calculation of the overall requirement share . |
| 22 | That there would be evacuations , they thought very likely and if I could leave Wiltshire and get back again , there would be no problem . |
| 23 | However , when I asked the King of Lilliput if I could visit Blefuscu , he agreed , but very coldly . |
| 24 | So then I went to the bank and asked politely in the name of the Mamur Zapt if I could check Andrus 's account . |
| 25 | Now , if I could combine Ari 's DNA with Zambia 's physical make-up … |
| 26 | I quickly said no and asked Jammie if I could tell Helen what was happening . |
| 27 | It was as if I could see Dorothy looking at them , looking at them , trying to draw something from them to help her to hold on . |
| 28 | If I could convince Bill Gates to include it with DOS ( no chance ! ) it would suddenly become a DOS command . |
| 29 | Yes I just wondered if I could ask Mr er if it was item nine page seven yes , its item nine erm row five and its about a report being brought to the committee on trans proportion policies relating to public transport by extending free transport to school children and students beyond the statuary obligations of the council . |
| 30 | Well I think if I could ask James to help on the geographic spread of the profits overall and then I could perhaps supplement that afterwards on the oil services . |