Example sentences of "if [pers pn] could [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried how he could bear it by putting his fingers into the lighted candle , so I the other day tried if I could scour a pewter plate . |
| 2 | If I could borrow a copy of Mary 's book , I could map its route , ambush , and kill it ! |
| 3 | I heard later from Michael Mills , at that time head of comedy , who said he liked the script and asked if I could do a series . ’ |
| 4 | So if I could make a plea to anyone who wishes to buy a pony whether from a private owner or ‘ saved ’ from the meat man , to make sure they know the commitment they are taking on . |
| 5 | If I could make a suitable deal … |
| 6 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 7 | I mean if I could make a general point . |
| 8 | Without thinking , I got up and went over to see if I could lend a hand . |
| 9 | Hatim asked me if I could confirm a rumour , circulating in Baghdad , that Odeh , Saddam 's son , had given a birthday party for himself at which he and his 300 guests had all worn purple and drunk out of purple goblets . |
| 10 | As an afterthought I have remembered that when I worked in London in the very early twenties I once went , in my lunch hour , to the Temperance Hospital and asked if I could visit a patient , though I knew it was out of visiting hours . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could spare time for a fitting , and I did think it would be a good idea if I could hold a rehearsal of everyone concerned in my part of the show before the official one . |
| 12 | I once had a letter from a woman asking me if I could settle a dispute she was having with her partner . |
| 13 | I knew I was courting disaster without a rope and partner on , so rushed around below the ice cliffs of the snout to see if I could force a route over the smooth slabs and close to the col . |
| 14 | If I could put a starving child before him and give it food and let him watch it grow well , I know he 'd give money . |
| 15 | If I could get a job doing summat like that I reckon I would n't have to stay at Combe Court . |
| 16 | If I could get a home where my kids could grow up with daily fear and where I could also help my father , I could push this hell out of my mind and start afresh with my family . |
| 17 | Anyway , I was told to accompany David on the Express if I could get a visa and off I went to Washington DC to apply for one and they told me absolutely not — I could n't have one — go away . |
| 18 | ‘ Would it be possible , if I could get a job , to pay for her in a private home , with part of her pension added on ? |
| 19 | I I had er a return ticket from York to Gloucester and I was fortunate enough to get a lift back so I went into the station to ask if I could get a refund on the other half of the return and they said Sure you owe us four pounds . |
| 20 | Er it 's just to see if I could get a repeat prescription for the pill . |
| 21 | I asked if I could get a drink — anything . |
| 22 | I heard there was a West Midlands League and when I contacted them , they said if I could get a team together we could join . |
| 23 | especially if I were to actually get , if I get that I 'd consider going if I could get a place in the halls , the residence |
| 24 | I was trying last year to try to see if I could get a erm an Indian , you know when we sort of do looking at Asia |
| 25 | Ooh then I went to the B and Q to see if I could get a blind to match , but I spent , so I |
| 26 | It would make the writing of this chapter easier if I could call a halt on this discussion of the relationship between dramatic playing and performance and change the topic . |
| 27 | It really would be wonderful if I could become a member of the Royal Institute . |
| 28 | Tomorrow , if I could find a better medium , I would throw away cinema . |
| 29 | ‘ If I could find a few grand . ’ |
| 30 | When Sam Phillips , founder of Sun Records and ‘ creator ’ of Elvis Presley , said , ‘ If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel , I could make a billion dollars ’ ( quoted in Hopkins 1971 : 66 ) , the twin motivations , artistic and commercial , were not separated or separable . |