Example sentences of "if he [vb mod] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Odd-Knut did not know if he would break trail . |
| 2 | After the case he was asked by a reporter if he would offer advice to other hitch-hikers . |
| 3 | It was n't only Chilcott 's promise of a tidy sum of money and six horses if he would take Topaz as his spouse which made Manfro want her . |
| 4 | The Poet evidently wants to detach himself totally from the Friend , stand away from him as if he might suffer corruption or contagion by going any nearer . |
| 5 | Nobody thought of asking him if he 'd like custody . |
| 6 | If he can make headway towards restoring a balanced budget , then his claims to be the Right 's principal contender for the leadership in the 21st century will be considerably enhanced . |
| 7 | This is a useful book for the private secretary , and even ‘ the boss ’ , to use the author 's own words , may find entertainment as well as information if he can make time to read it . |
| 8 | References to experts are likely to be seen as occasions of what is known as " qualified privilege " , where a plaintiff can succeed in a defamation action only if he can prove malice on the part of the defendant . |
| 9 | However , I am sure that , if he can add support for those sports to his campaigning on behalf of his electorate in west Yorkshire , he will serve his people well . |
| 10 | If he can take control of the Highest Science , the consequences could be cataclysmic . ’ |
| 11 | But if he can use labour to produce commodities greater in value than he pays the workers then he can make a profit — and it is this Marx refers to as surplus value . |
| 12 | To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will introduce legislation to ensure that all employees have a right to an itemised pay statement . |
| 13 | If he could get hold of something from Beamish , he might be able to lay his hands on some thallium by lunchtime . |
| 14 | Its funny ( sort of ) , Iwas contemplating sending a begging letter to Mr Humphries to see if he could get hold of a shirt for me … |
| 15 | He decided to investigate , to see if he could gain entry , and crossed the clearing towards the front door . |
| 16 | If he could win support for domestic expansion by coupling it with other proposals , he was only too eager to do so . |
| 17 | When he asked if he could take part , the gentlemen archers looked at him and at his bow and , thinking it doubtful he could hit anything at 100 yards , gave their permission if his father looked after him . |
| 18 | He was concerned he would be locked in an English jail , and wondered if he should seek Embassy asylum . |
| 19 | So Waleran goes where his roots are , to keep them safe from being torn up , even if he must do homage to Anjou for the soil they 've been firm in for generations . |
| 20 | Third at the last fence , he passed Royal Mail and with just over a furlong to go was finishing so strongly that it looked as if he must catch Aldaniti . |