Example sentences of "if i can [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Under these conditions he might say the following : ‘ If I can satisfy you that the fuel consumption of this car is no greater than that of the Vauxhall Cavalier , would you buy it ? ’
2 But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground .
3 So what we have , if I can paint it like this , is a development programme which does n't just rely on Oxfordshire Social Services putting cash into it , because there are , if we manage this process properly , other people who we can encourage to bring money into Oxfordshire , but the key thing that 'll only do it is if they 're confident that they 're dealing with a competent organization and somebody that they trust and they have some form of credibility .
4 ‘ I think I ought to take you to the farmhouse to be seen to — that iss , if I can carry you . ’
5 Now let me think if I can think what it was .
6 I do n't eat breakfast , just a cup of tea and a bit of toast if I can spare it .
7 Never , if I can prevent it ! thought Gabriel .
8 Perhaps I 'll go for a walk in the forest and see if I can sort something out . ’
9 Well , if I can check it on the plan , it 's , the plan actually shows half the site , there 's the central slide way way coming down through the development site , all that occupies , all one side of the slide way .
10 Whereas at the time it was a thin old wicket — you know , ‘ Madness are a bit thick and they do come out with some bollocks sometimes , so I do n't know if I can throw my weight behind them ’ . ’
11 Oh I had one bloody customer see if I can quote him to a complete relocate , it was only a bloody er systems , probably no taller than that speaker
12 ‘ Tomorrow if I can fix it , Wednesday if not . ’
13 For example , in discussing his plan to publish Der Freitheitsucher shortly after the First World War he wrote to Benjamin R. Tucker ( in English , for Tucker did not read German ) : ‘ The prices for printing and paper here are abominable , and I am not sure yet , if I can fulfill my plan .
14 If I can break something , I break it .
15 I have an Amstrad PC2086 with a VGA monitor.The mouse cursor does not appear in VGA mode although the mouse still works if I can guess its position .
16 I feel each letter to see if I can guess which one 's mine .
17 Let me see if I can guess which one you made , Virginia ?
18 ‘ Let me see if I can guess your favourite hobbies , ’ he mused , deadpan .
19 There is an objectivity behind the subjectivity of our preferences which entitles you to recommend to me a dish which you do not choose yourself and which I have hitherto been repelled by , but may come to like if I can forget my prejudices and for the first time attend closely to the flavour .
20 If I can handle you , I can handle Quigley . ’
21 in the night and then — if I can bring myself
22 If I can lift my eyes from pots and pans
23 So I 'm gon na ask her if I can borrow it
24 And certainly we have kept the amou the amount of administration down to a bear minimum if I can show you .
25 I have been sent to ask you whether , if I can arrange it with the captain , you would consent to look after them .
26 If I can eat them all tonight can I have them ?
27 I wonder if I can eat it .
28 I 'm being honest er Rod if I can earn myself twenty five thirty thousand I 'm not I 'm not looking for you know fortunes .
29 If I can give them to him , then perhaps he will leave you out of all this .
30 if I can give him that one .
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