Example sentences of "if i could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I know , and I I , I asked you if I could borrow it and you went , er and th you did n't
2 When I asked him if I could borrow his copy he said I would n't understand it , which is true , I suppose .
3 and either pay it all in one I asked if I could pay it do so much , you know so much a year
4 I tell my students during my evolution and behaviour course not to use the F word and the F word is fitness and I advise them strongly not to , and if I could ban it I would .
5 If I could feed my own ego I wouldnae need to feed my face !
6 Mrs Ross , Mrs Girdlestone added , had only her pension to live on , and she repeated that she would be glad if I could do something about her as soon as possible .
7 ‘ If I could write like her … or ride like Sam or Nolan … if I could do anything that well , I 'd be happy . ’
8 I popped in on yer to see if I could do anything for yer , like did yer want a medical bandage that I could get cheap .
9 Wishful thinking : the statement ‘ If I could do anything I would implant the standards in his brain ’ may spark off more realistic ideas such as running a course to explain the standards ( perhaps in a country hotel so as to make it a pleasant experience ) .
10 Nevertheless , each day the company under his command suffered an average of 20–30 casualties from the shelling ; his Company HQ , a hole in a shattered trench , ‘ inundated with the blood of the wounded , who came to take refuge close to me , as if I could do anything , alas … ’ his mother on reaching the Mort Homme during the calm before the storm , he described it as ‘ an excellent corner , the best in the sector ’ .
11 Sometimes I myself am not sure if I could do it .
12 Corman admitted , ‘ I did one film really more as a joke to see if I could do it ; filmed it in two days and a night .
13 I 'd probably pull him out if I could do it without too much danger to myself . ’
14 ‘ To get my 150th would be another landmark and it would be nice if I could do it in the Premier League . ’
15 Our own son had practised Ramadan on one of his trips to the Middle East ‘ just to see if I could do it ’ .
16 But I summoned all my German and asked the maestro if I could do it myself .
17 So I spent two years in the mother and baby home , then , and decided that if I was going to stay in social work , then I would erm be better a able to help people if I could do it from the theoretical background as well as the feeling erm background er of my own my own personal feelings .
18 if I had er if I could do it again I 'd do something erm really different from that ,
19 enquired just to see if I could do it but er
20 But he finds out all these things but he does n't tell you and you keep getting killed and you think I wonder if I could do it
21 The way I got into national radio from local radio was listening to programmes and thinking , ‘ I could interview X , and I could get it into that programme , if I could do it in that format . ’
22 And if I could bring him to reconciliation with the king , without more bloodshed and without revenge , I would count it a good deed both for England and Wales .
23 I do remember that that was the first time I wondered if I could bring myself to retire …
24 It would probably read very stale now , if I could bring myself to look at it .
25 Anyway , she told me to bring someone so I phoned and asked if I could bring you . ’
26 I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’
27 One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons .
28 You would like , I daresay , if I could give you a clear and definite policy .
29 If I could give you just two very quick examples of what I mean , there is a proposal to reduce boarding out payments .
30 Three months is the maximum I can impose as you have never been in jail before , but if I could give you more , I would without hesitation . ’
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