Example sentences of "if he [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not known last night if he would be charged . |
| 2 | He was in a Niagara Falls jail yesterday waiting to hear if he would be sent back to Britain after being refused entry to America . |
| 3 | Ellwood crouched down alongside the priest and looked this way and that , as if he might be given some notion of what to do next . |
| 4 | This might simply be the expression of a natural hauteur , or even of a Puritan dislike for self-revelation ; he also seemed to fear that other people would " take advantage " of him but , more importantly , there is a sense in which he felt threatened by the personalities of others — as if he might be invaded by them . |
| 5 | He was very apologetic , and looked as if he might be taken away and hanged for the delay . |
| 6 | If he can be consulted , this should be done , but again full account has to be taken of his then capacity to make up his own mind . |
| 7 | At least the locked door designed to keep him in also keeps his enemies out , if he can be said to have any enemies . |
| 8 | The routine pollution , then , is one which the field officer can keep private as between himself , the complainant ( if any ) , and the discharger ( if he can be detected ) . |
| 9 | The scale of the problems will be different , but a chap who can run ICI , if he can be bothered to help a small business , will do it very well from his experience . |
| 10 | We need to see if he can be admitted to hospital . |
| 11 | If he can be put in his place by anyone , young or old , male or female , why do we come across him everywhere ? |
| 12 | If he can be persuaded to keep religion out of politics , he could prove an inspired choice . |
| 13 | The ideal person , if he can be found , is the young barrister in good practice who is rapidly rising and who may take you up with him . |
| 14 | However , if the latter is a rogue he is likely to have disappeared and if he can be found will probably be penniless . |
| 15 | If he can be found … |
| 16 | Once the most suitable candidate has been identified , it is ideal if he can be interviewed by the person who will be his immediate superior in the overseas post . |
| 17 | He is prepared to come to Britain and live with me here but I do not know if he will be allowed . |
| 18 | Knowing her husband , if he could be led to believe that the royal castle of Berwick might be alienated from the crown and actually given to him for his services , he would be the more apt to accede to the arrangement , being a man of acquisitive mind . |
| 19 | The prodigal , if he could be called that , had returned . |
| 20 | He was remanded in custody for enquiries to be made if he could be sent to a probation hostel . |
| 21 | Oh I asked him to go to the insurance company and find out whether I 'm covered with them for having my aerial replaced and I wrote a letter asking if he could be empowered to sign the claim form for me |
| 22 | This would entail a sixty-mile round trip for us , but who cared if he could be freed of that perpetual pain he had suffered for so long ? |
| 23 | Even so , if he could be pushed to persuade his backers … |
| 24 | After all , he knew Mr Parnham better than she did and he did n't look as if he could be fooled at all . |
| 25 | By the time Coleman picked up the threads of the plot in February 1987 , there was still no clear plan of attack , although it was generally agreed among Hurley and his colleagues that luring Younis into a drug deal was probably the key , and that a lot of political hassle would be avoided if he could be taken , say , in international waters . |
| 26 | And even if he could be roused — which he can not — no contact could be made . |
| 27 | Everyone 's attention was fixed on him and he would obviously strengthen HE 's Executive Council if he could be persuaded to join . |
| 28 | ‘ By terms of his will , Lucas asked if he could be buried near his home , instead of in prison grounds . |
| 29 | He also showed his inexperience by asking Gerry Gomez , his captain , if he could be substituted so that he could go to the airport to meet his sister . |
| 30 | If he could be captured and dealt with , much of the danger for Scotland would be dispersed and his Scots support would dissolve . |