Example sentences of "if [pron] could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if nothing could beat you once you 'd made up your mind . ’ |
| 2 | Smooth-haired , bright-eyed , immaculate , with the merest hint of a woody , masculine fragrance about him , he looked as if nothing could faze him . |
| 3 | I know , and I I , I asked you if I could borrow it and you went , er and th you did n't |
| 4 | When I asked him if I could borrow his copy he said I would n't understand it , which is true , I suppose . |
| 5 | and either pay it all in one I asked if I could pay it do so much , you know so much a year |
| 6 | I tell my students during my evolution and behaviour course not to use the F word and the F word is fitness and I advise them strongly not to , and if I could ban it I would . |
| 7 | If I could feed my own ego I wouldnae need to feed my face ! |
| 8 | Mrs Ross , Mrs Girdlestone added , had only her pension to live on , and she repeated that she would be glad if I could do something about her as soon as possible . |
| 9 | ‘ If I could write like her … or ride like Sam or Nolan … if I could do anything that well , I 'd be happy . ’ |
| 10 | I popped in on yer to see if I could do anything for yer , like did yer want a medical bandage that I could get cheap . |
| 11 | Wishful thinking : the statement ‘ If I could do anything I would implant the standards in his brain ’ may spark off more realistic ideas such as running a course to explain the standards ( perhaps in a country hotel so as to make it a pleasant experience ) . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , each day the company under his command suffered an average of 20–30 casualties from the shelling ; his Company HQ , a hole in a shattered trench , ‘ inundated with the blood of the wounded , who came to take refuge close to me , as if I could do anything , alas … ’ his mother on reaching the Mort Homme during the calm before the storm , he described it as ‘ an excellent corner , the best in the sector ’ . |
| 13 | Sometimes I myself am not sure if I could do it . |
| 14 | Corman admitted , ‘ I did one film really more as a joke to see if I could do it ; filmed it in two days and a night . |
| 15 | I 'd probably pull him out if I could do it without too much danger to myself . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ To get my 150th would be another landmark and it would be nice if I could do it in the Premier League . ’ |
| 17 | Our own son had practised Ramadan on one of his trips to the Middle East ‘ just to see if I could do it ’ . |
| 18 | But I summoned all my German and asked the maestro if I could do it myself . |
| 19 | So I spent two years in the mother and baby home , then , and decided that if I was going to stay in social work , then I would erm be better a able to help people if I could do it from the theoretical background as well as the feeling erm background er of my own my own personal feelings . |
| 20 | if I had er if I could do it again I 'd do something erm really different from that , |
| 21 | enquired just to see if I could do it but er |
| 22 | But he finds out all these things but he does n't tell you and you keep getting killed and you think I wonder if I could do it |
| 23 | The way I got into national radio from local radio was listening to programmes and thinking , ‘ I could interview X , and I could get it into that programme , if I could do it in that format . ’ |
| 24 | And if I could bring him to reconciliation with the king , without more bloodshed and without revenge , I would count it a good deed both for England and Wales . |
| 25 | I do remember that that was the first time I wondered if I could bring myself to retire … |
| 26 | It would probably read very stale now , if I could bring myself to look at it . |
| 27 | Anyway , she told me to bring someone so I phoned and asked if I could bring you . ’ |
| 28 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
| 29 | One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons . |
| 30 | You would like , I daresay , if I could give you a clear and definite policy . |