Example sentences of "if we [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 If we would give him half an hour to get over the shock of his resurrection he would quietly sit down with a piece of paper ( the back of a bigger envelope , I suppose ) and would work out the relevant design formulae .
2 ‘ It was not as much a question of whether we would take a new step in our computerisation , but if we would subcontract it out , ’ said Olivier and Xavier Decelle , Picard 's president and managing director , respectively , in an article in Les Echos .
3 Arguably it provides a very strong constraint on managers to act efficiently , if we may assume they are concerned about their future career path and if they believe that the firm does not systematically assess their performance wrongly .
4 Admittedly the main duty of this force — if we may call it that — was ceremonial , but at a time when many of their contemporaries were off fighting in a real war , they must have looked at times like extras from a pantomime .
5 But another quite plausible explanation presents itself : here was a lady whose role in life was changing , whose function as a mother and whose status — if we may call it that — as a widow were becoming things of the past .
6 This discussion if we may call it that — was part of a wider , on-going debate of what constituted true nobility .
7 ‘ We thought Eric would be here for years , but time will tell if we 'll miss him .
8 and anyway this fellow said do you want some rabbit it 's a pound each , so we ordered some rabbits , ai n't got them yet like , but I do n't know if we 'll get them or not
9 I wonder if we 'll get him ?
10 ‘ I wonder , Inspector , if we might ask you one or two questions to get a clear picture , as it were ? ’
11 He suggests that it will be better if we can tell him what our priorities are , so that they can tailor their service to meet our requirements , both as to content and to timing .
12 That will be a great prize if we can achieve it .
13 I mean , we 'll go up and see if we can start it
14 All we can ask is if there 's a councillor for Allenton listening to us , if they could get in touch and we 'll put them in touch with you and see if we can start it all over again Henry .
15 If we can recognize it for what it is , then we are well on the road to dealing with it , and being able to put it behind us .
16 Let's see if we can land you a theatre job , eh ?
17 Exactly yeah and then when you can do that when you can balance on one leg now we try it with the ball and see if we can kick it and then kick it harder and make it go exactly where you want to .
18 So if we can hurt them or certainly gang together if you like , cos unity is strength , and between the three workforces they 'll certainly slow down production and hopefully force things .
19 If we can do it , why do n't we ? ’
20 Understood in this light , the technological imperative can be seen to pose a central dilemma which can be expressed thus : ‘ If we can do it , we must .
21 If we can do it again we should be OK . ’
22 Er but as I say if , if we can do it on a personalized basis er personalized geographic basis , it gives it more identity er then what , what you produced certainly i is halfway there to the issues that Steve mentioned earlier on .
23 Let's see if we can do it a different way .
24 Well you see we 're a bit further from home now and if we can do it for five days , great , we have n't
25 And if we can do it we need to be
26 Now , if we can do it , and it 's not magic , then there must be some reasons we can do it , some rules we 're following , and those rules can in principle be put into computers .
27 If we can tap it successfully — our future is in safe hands .
28 If so , and if we can measure it ( though it is not easy to do so ) , that again tells us something about their welfare .
29 Do you want to see if we can finish it Christine .
30 Er if we find that we get a , a , a no answer from the employer in terms of paid release , er the first reserve date will be Saturday the tenth and we 'll switch it to Saturday if we if we can leave it in the hands of the three officers to get together on that without calling another meeting of the group , I think might be better .
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