Example sentences of "if [pron] could [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think that I would ask you to risk your reputation , if I could think of another way ? ’ |
| 2 | If I could think of something useful to say I 'd say it . |
| 3 | So , having no more to discuss on that topic , I went on to ask Sylvia if she could think of a place in her own home where she felt uneasy if the door was shut . |
| 4 | If she could think of a good reason to ask questions about the missing don among his colleagues , she might well come up with some interesting answers . |
| 5 | Which would be fine if she could think of anything even remotely amusing to say , she thought wryly . |
| 6 | Erm , yeah , sh I know you 'll be thinking about sending her to prison today but if you could think of anything else that erm , I do n't know , a suspended sentence or something like that , then obviously she 'd , she 'd be really grateful for that , would n't you , Mrs , yeah erm , er , Mrs White is there anything else you want me to say ? |
| 7 | if you would n't mind in the meantime if you could think of a few names you know as you 're going about your daily business . |
| 8 | If we could think of a better system we would introduce it . |
| 9 | What a wonderful thing it would be for us all if we could think of ‘ family ’ in this extended way ! |
| 10 | I thought , oh if we could hold of some of them what we could do with them . |
| 11 | A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do . |
| 12 | She asked her head of department if he could think of anything which might have acted against her . |