Example sentences of "so [adj] if [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under Chambers 's auspices I 've prepared a questionnaire on ( intermediate ) learners ' dictionaries , along with a piece of sample text and a batch of parallel extracts from four other publishers ' dictionaries of about the same level , and I 'd be ever so grateful if I could send you about 10 of these sets to distribute amongst fellow teachers and some of the students , as you think fit ; and of course I 'd be pleased if you 'd answer one yourself . |
| 2 | I 'll be so grateful if you 'll do that , ’ she said breathlessly . |
| 3 | I would be so grateful if you could tell me the name of it , because it looks so unusual . |
| 4 | Who else stood to gain so much if she could be frightened into staying quiet ? |
| 5 | You 're very perceptive , because there are things playing on my mind , and yes … it would help me so much if I could talk them over with someone . |
| 6 | First , take out a Murrayfield debenture — fine if you can afford ( a minimum ) £1,200 , not so good if you ca n't . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , there 's no point in it being so beautiful if you ca n't ever go out in it because it 's raining , ’ said Betty , revealing a childish streak in her character which Lydia found rather less appealing than her habitual bossiness . |
| 8 | Perhaps if it 's so successful if it can successfully this evening perhaps we will do it more often . |
| 9 | David is coming and my wife would be so pleased if you would too . ’ |
| 10 | We hear that you and your husband are living at Riverstown since the poor Major 's death and would be so pleased if you can come and dine with us on December 19th . |
| 11 | John wrote to Hanns ( who was now in the army ) ‘ it would be so nice if they could get married . ’ |
| 12 | It would be so marvellous if she would . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I find life so boring if I can not enjoy a drink , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd be ever so appreciative if you could , lass . |
| 15 | He irritated the hell out of her , and it would n't be so bad if she could write him off as being thoroughly detestable . |
| 16 | It would not be so bad if I could just stand up , read my poems and leave , but that was apparently unthinkable . |
| 17 | De Villiers grinned disarmingly. ‘ 'T WOULD not be so bad if I could get some work done so I could visit her now and then , but there 's little chance of that with the Bishop running to the Queen every five minutes . ’ |