Example sentences of "if [pron] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the last show , or earlier if they were n't working , Arthur would often fall prey to the bite of melancholy , with such sharp dread of all endings that he would greatly fear going to sleep , as if nothing would be left to him unless he kept watch on it . |
| 2 | If nothing can be done to save her , I almost wish she was already dead . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't know if I 'll be allowed , I 'll have to ask cos you know how it is . |
| 4 | And although for my own part it would be my ruin , yet so great is my veneration for you , so entire my reliance on providence upon so just an occasion that I should think myself but too happy if I might be accepted . |
| 5 | My good sister , how happy should I be if I might be admitted to a conversation with you at your grate . |
| 6 | Chair , if I might be allowed just thirty seconds comment on the budget from the point of view of some of the central services . |
| 7 | It is as though the Prime Minister is trying to paint a canvas in the style of Georges Seurat , if I may be forgiven for referring to a continental artist . |
| 8 | Quite a large part of that excitement is due to you , to your designs , and , also , if I may be forgiven for mentioning something so personal , for the way you have helped and befriended Therese . |
| 9 | It does not escape me that a fair hand has already written some account of my early days ; but that account broke off too soon , for I returned from the realms of ice , to which solitudes my soul — if I may be presumed to have one — was attracted . |
| 10 | A most personable young man , if I may be permitted to observe . ’ |
| 11 | I believe that the new generation of " 16 bit " machines ( such as the ACT Sirius 1 ) will prove to be well capable of meeting these demands If I may be permitted one small advertisement , I do not expect it to be long before I can fulfil my objective of promoting the use of micros in personnel through the marketing of systems developed specifically for this field . |
| 12 | If I may be allowed a topical rugby metaphor , we had , so to speak lined up the ball for a conversion . |
| 13 | I did n't know if I should be flattered by the offer but I was most put out when my companion said : ‘ Throw in a goat and two carpets and she 's all yours ! ’ |
| 14 | Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him . |
| 15 | ‘ I may yet be of some temporary use to my Chapter if I can be salvaged . |
| 16 | As we set out I wonder if I can be allowed more miracles and how the rest of my family and fellow pilgrims will be affected . |
| 17 | ‘ If you want the exact quantities , buy my book , ’ he said at one point , one eye in the direction of the BBC publicity department , before adding , as the other swivelled down towards his drink , ‘ if I can be bothered to write it . ’ |
| 18 | Might turn out my bedroom if I can be bothered . |
| 19 | I know but I but I do n't know if I can be bothered tonight . |
| 20 | Maybe ta , sort the clothes if I can be bothered . |
| 21 | Thank you , I do n't know if I can be bothered for twenty five pounds , no I would if she asked me , but I do n't know if I 'll bother ringing up as well |
| 22 | When ordering my lunches these days , I try to avoid the use of the term ‘ packed lunch ’ and merely ask if I can be supplied with certain items in a bag to take away . |
| 23 | Higueras adds , ‘ if I could be born again , I 'd take that big serve of Jim Courier 's . |
| 24 | It was less the fear of hell ( which seemed a long time away ) than the fear of being a non-person which prompted me to ask my parents if I could be baptised . |
| 25 | If they have been so informed , I would be very grateful if I could be told on what date they were told . |
| 26 | If I could be bothered to . |
| 27 | I 'm seeing if I could be bothered or |
| 28 | If I could be bothered to go ! |
| 29 | Then I asked , as we were going to go from century to century , if I could be allowed to collect a few bits of paraphernalia as we went along — odd little items that had taken my fancy which would then turn up in other stories . |
| 30 | ‘ Only that I ought to ask some of my old friends , people like Madeleine Corley , if I could be allowed to join them , but … |