Example sentences of "if [pers pn] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I can not stop this , my solicitor will help me gain compensation . ’ |
| 2 | How an I going to take any wickets at all if I can not float my deceptively slow left-armers out of the darkness of the trees at seven o'clock on a late September evening ? |
| 3 | ‘ I will speak to him , ’ he said to her when they had got out of earshot , ‘ and see if I can not resolve this matter . ’ |
| 4 | Charles 's following ( populus ) then swore " in its own language , the lingua romana " : " If Louis keeps the oath which he swears to his brother Charles , and my lord Charles for his part does not keep his , if I can not make him refrain [ from that action ] , then neither I nor any other whom I can make refrain will give him any aid against Louis " . |
| 5 | If I can not make the time myself it might still be worth paying Dessie Clancy and his lad . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ At least I have given you your past even if I can not give you your future . |
| 7 | I am sorry if I can not fulfil your request on this point . |
| 8 | If I can not go to my own home , let me have a home in some country where my people will not die so fast . |
| 9 | No doubt if I can not break out of the convention of thinking as though I were a detached Ego contemplating unmoved both the possible consequences and my fear of them , it will seem that I can have no reason to stop smoking unless I recognize some further imperative such as ‘ Take care of your health ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Moreton , Sally is an old friend of mine and if I can not speak to her I would like to leave a message . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I find life so boring if I can not enjoy a drink , ’ he said . |
| 12 | If I can not come out soon — much of me will die , and only I will know enough to mourn its passing . |
| 13 | And if I can not rid myself of it I will just have to go into the service and begin to root out the cause . |
| 14 | If I can not persuade her to keep you on , I promise I shall arrange matters for you in some other way . ’ |
| 15 | It is pretty disgraceful if I can not put to the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East the points which have been the centre of debate in this country for the past 10 days , but I shall do so . |
| 16 | If she is severely disturbed emotionally , above the level normally expected in bereavement , and if she can not sleep , he may prescribe tranquillisers and a night sedative ; but this will usually be only for a limited period to help her over a particularly bad patch , as he will not want her to become addicted to these drugs , which if taken for too long may delay the normal grieving process which she will need to experience if she is to make a satisfactory recovery . |
| 17 | Once meals are being delivered regularly , the WRVS helper will be very concerned if she can not get an answer when she calls and every effort will be made to ensure that the recipient is safe . |
| 18 | Amanda Piper , 24 , said daughter Cherie craves cigarettes so much that she screams if she can not have one . |
| 19 | If you can not detect even the shallowest of breaths , attempt artificial respiration making sure the chest starts to rise . |
| 20 | If you can not sleep at night , your doctor will give you a potion to bring on artificial sleep . |
| 21 | I I going to weight of of criteria first of all , I think this very great weight should be applied to this criterion because obviously if you can not serve the new settlement satisfactorily then it should n't be developed in that location . |
| 22 | If you can not reach a consensual agreement concerning the status of rights of both the majority and the minority population , then you must reckon with a strong possibility or war . |
| 23 | Even if you can not reach any gardens or nurseries to see roses in action and have to rely on catalogues and lists , there is a great deal of enjoyment to be derived from weighing up the pros and cons and in the anticipation of the pleasures to come , just like choosing a holiday from the glossy brochures . |
| 24 | If you can not reach rocky shore then the salt marshes around the coast can offer a wide range of interest in their plant and bird life . |
| 25 | Beginners would be well advised to keep off , but if you can not prevent yourself indulging ( and , of course , there is as much pleasure in the devising as in the unravelling ) read Chapter 17 of Dickson Carr 's The Hollow Man . |
| 26 | So while your book is in the early malleable stage , remember form and see if you can not arrange things to good advantage . |
| 27 | It should say ‘ If you can not adhere to the moral dictum , then at least only engage in safe sex . |
| 28 | So if you can not decide what the icon that looks like a milk churn with an overgrown mushroom beside it means you can select it and discover that it means Paste Clipboard contents — oh perhaps it is supposed to be a drawing pin besides a board but you could have fooled me ! |
| 29 | If you can not comment say why not . |
| 30 | If you can not organize people to come into your home to look after the patient , he may be able to attend a local Day Centre run by the Local Authority . |