Example sentences of "if i [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I doubt if I shall meet anyone else in 1982 who will so powerfully impress me as she did . " |
| 2 | Devastated I may be , but I 'm damned if I 'll give her the satisfaction of hearing me beg for mercy . |
| 3 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 4 | She made it specially for him , and I 'm damned if I 'll send it back . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm not sure if I 'll have you over the door-sill . ’ |
| 6 | I may have to nursemaid you , but I 'll be damned if I 'll let you bugger things up for me . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't think so , I do n't know if I 'll find it . |
| 8 | Erm Oh I do n't know if I 'll buy it . |
| 9 | Some weeks later my brother and I were passing through London , and I asked if I might bring him to see her . |
| 10 | I wondered if I might consult your file . ’ |
| 11 | I therefore asked Eliot if I might quote his name as a reference . |
| 12 | And and it is also perhaps distracted er attention from the interesting disagreements also taking place at the Labour party conference this week between the one more pushes , if I might describe them and the hard liners who believe you 've got to be radical . |
| 13 | Now , I wonder if I might trouble you . |
| 14 | I wonder if I might trouble you with two additional queries , however . |
| 15 | Er , he may be concerned but my Lord erm , there has been reference to the er the professional negligence and and my Lord there is a bit I have in court , I 'm afraid the second edition because the third edition which is the latest , was not available to me this morning , but there 's a paragraph in it and I want to refer your Lordship to it , I wonder if I might read it and er hand it up to your Lordship . |
| 16 | But how I longed to be gallant , as they say ; to ask her if I might kiss her on both cheeks if I gave her my two violets . |
| 17 | ‘ Mr Marsh , I wonder if I might accept your offer of help , ’ she said when she found him in the vestry . |
| 18 | An East and West Association had been formed and I took an early opportunity of asking if I might address it . |
| 19 | But I would b , e very glad if I might see you on your return to ask you to help me in two cases . |
| 20 | Sir , — I wonder if I might use your publication to enquire of the members in practice as to their success or otherwise in dealing with the Inland Revenue on the matter of dividends paid to directors ' wives where shares have been transferred to the wives following independent taxation . |
| 21 | The thing is , Bob , if I may give you some advice based on long and hard experience , not to start off by renting somewhere , if you can possibly avoid it . ’ |
| 22 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 23 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I wonder if I may draw your attention to the fact that the bed linen for the upper floor will need to be ready by the day after tomorrow . ’ |
| 24 | In fact you said er again if if I may offer you one of your quotes erm , If you have back benchers who wo n't support you , that limits governments abilities to take decisions . |
| 25 | In our various parties , organizations and institutions therefore we urgently need to recognize that most of our programmes , not least the programmes of our conferences and synods if I may leave you together in sin brothers and sisters |
| 26 | If I may refer you back to your note of our meeting on 18 January you recommended a more hardline wording for 15.1 and 15.2 on the main course , which ( given the less-direct competitive nature of the components ) we were willing to go more gently with on the video and Activity Book . |
| 27 | the authority if I may refer you to it is the recent report of the British er Columbia Supreme Court erm courtesy of professional negligence er in the updating section it 's a a . |
| 28 | ‘ But my feelings are different , if I may state them . |
| 29 | Erm , I 've written it out here if I may read it . |
| 30 | ‘ Mary — if I may call you that — yes , I have indeed some strange intelligence . |