Example sentences of "if [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father was unwell , she explained ; it would be helpful if everyone would leave the theatre as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | She asked us if I would tape conversations . |
| 3 | Then — this was the really weird part — he asked if I would stay the night round there . |
| 4 | If things were out in the open — and St Mirren did offer to meet any condition if I would stay — then I could make an honest decision about my future . |
| 5 | I greeted the first man to approach the car in my broken French and to my surprise , he asked if I would prefer to continue the conversation in English . |
| 6 | " I thought of that , " said Clara , " but I do n't know if I would want to teach . |
| 7 | But I still do n't know if I would want to return here . ’ |
| 8 | That 's including Chippingfield if you had seen it as we saw it when we came here you would recognise how much work has gone into building the town because I was on the the council then I was asked if I would stand for the council which was then only a parish council there was no urban district council that was n't formed for four or five years afterwards and of course , we had to fight for lights everything that , er that we needed we had to fight for because there was no lighting on Netteswell Road where our children were going to school , and there were little ones . |
| 9 | She came to me one day and asked me if I would stand for the council , which I did . |
| 10 | He told me that he would donate £5,000 to the fund if I would undertake to invite his little son , then at school in Oxford , to tea on odd occasions , so that I could acquaint him with some of the matters relating to Judaism . |
| 11 | I was damned if I would show him my fear . |
| 12 | I was approached in this room about erm , twelve months ago , by Francis and Tricia erm , to ask if I would make a programme out for their group . |
| 13 | He asked if I would advise him to send for Henderson , I said ‘ No ’ , which he said relieved him . |
| 14 | He asked if I would advise him to send for Henderson . |
| 15 | Whilst I was in Aachen the Head of Swedish Radio invited me to Stockholm to conduct the new Radio Orchestra and I was asked if I would do the Sixth Symphony , which was quite new then and very little known . |
| 16 | He asked if I would do this play , and I agreed . ’ |
| 17 | So he asking me if I would do it . |
| 18 | I could hardly speak , I told him it was fantastic , he asked if I would do it again . |
| 19 | I was invited to give an entertainment at the Bristol Old Vic theatre , the wonderful old Theatre Royal , the oldest extant theatre still being used in the country and one of the oldest in the world , a very beautiful place erm and I was asked if I would do an entertainment that I have called Come for the Ride which I was persuaded to concoct by my home town of Birkenhead in the North West of England . |
| 20 | A lady come up yesterday to see if I would do it . |
| 21 | My private idea , which I hardly dare mention in case I 've got it all wrong , is that you were copying the style of some book or other to see if I would recognize it . |
| 22 | I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute . |
| 23 | As it was , I already knew of their resignation as both had phoned me to see if I would give them backing in a boardroom coup . |
| 24 | My father , , who retired from two years ago , asked if I would visit a fellow pensioner — . |
| 25 | Then one day she rang to ask if I would go to see her ; she wanted my advice . |
| 26 | On a night in early winter , one of those wild exciting nights with a brilliant moon sliding in and out of the racing clouds , Mrs Browning rang , and asked if I would go down . |
| 27 | While he was in opposition , Ted Heath had asked me if I would go to Rhodesia on behalf of the Conservative Party if they were returned to power . |
| 28 | At one time he , he lived at , they lived at but er er she was a widow and she was ninety but she was very good to us and , but we had er , we had apartments but there was a lock on both sides of the door , you know what I mean , we were quite self-contained and we had er er a narrow stairs and because of the war I could n't , you could n't er , I used to scrub the stairs down because you could n't buy carpet in those days , you see because of the war and to the shortage of stuff and so I used to keep those stairs nice and , we had a , a , we went , as we went up these stairs erm it , I suppose originally , you see , it would have been back stairs for the servants , you see , in the hall and this old lady used to go in and if ever she had the doctor she used to ask me if I would go and sit with her and hold her hand while the doctor came , you see . |
| 29 | I du n no if I would go to one now . |
| 30 | You see if I would go back , if I were doing it , to Times Heavy Titling or one of those do it all caps forget that . |