Example sentences of "if [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If everyone could look after their own , there would be far fewer people like social workers running around looking after other people 's own . |
| 2 | Cradled within his arms , Laura drifted into a deep sleep , but , even as she dreamed , their bodies seemed to stir against one another , as if they could n't help but touch and make love again ; as if nothing could satisfy the desire that each had awakened in the other 's flesh . |
| 3 | Now it looks as if nothing could stop West Germany taking the lead with her unbeatable combination of credentials : guilt , enthusiasm , material interest and money . |
| 4 | as if nothing could beat you once you 'd made up your mind . ’ |
| 5 | Smooth-haired , bright-eyed , immaculate , with the merest hint of a woody , masculine fragrance about him , he looked as if nothing could faze him . |
| 6 | He tried how he could bear it by putting his fingers into the lighted candle , so I the other day tried if I could scour a pewter plate . |
| 7 | My Heart bleeds to see the Concern he is in ; and it would be the utmost Satisfaction to me , if I could hope any thing of mine could contribute to his comfortable Subsistence in his old Age : I therefore beg of you to take the Key of my Buroe ; and if any thing is to be made of my poor Papers , that you will , for my sake , endeavour to promote a Subscription for his Benefit , which you so kindly have propos 'd for mine |
| 8 | When I asked him if I could borrow his copy he said I would n't understand it , which is true , I suppose . |
| 9 | I put it in a basket whatever I 'd got and then dress it with a ‘ blower ’ or dressing machine ( if I could borrow one ) . |
| 10 | If I could borrow a copy of Mary 's book , I could map its route , ambush , and kill it ! |
| 11 | I know , and I I , I asked you if I could borrow it and you went , er and th you did n't |
| 12 | My movements up to this had been quite natural , and if I could continue to make her think I was unaware of her presence , she would possibly give me a second chance . |
| 13 | and either pay it all in one I asked if I could pay it do so much , you know so much a year |
| 14 | If I could reach the peg perhaps we could complete this amazing alpine climb ? |
| 15 | ‘ I might if I could reach . |
| 16 | I certainly still dream about cichlids I would like to own , and I wondered briefly if I could blue the lot on fish . |
| 17 | We walked up to the fall and what would I not give if I could convey to you the images and feelings which were then communicated to me . |
| 18 | Sandy was going to the US and I asked if I could carry for him the next year , but everybody was asking so I did n't get very far . |
| 19 | I wondered if I could go to see Drifter race . ’ |
| 20 | I thought , if I could go for a hybrid of these two , and get comedians to come in and sit with deadpan expressions , I might have something interesting on my hands . |
| 21 | I did n't care for him — I just knew I had to find out if I could go through with it . |
| 22 | If I could go back I think I would have come out on the Tour three years later . ’ |
| 23 | I did n't want to stay so I followed her and asked if I could go along with her . |
| 24 | It was n't any good askin' you if I could go , I knew you 'd 'ave one of your hard-hearted turns . |
| 25 | I agreed to marriage counselling but only if I could go alone , although I knew that going alone was a bit like filing fiddled expenses . |
| 26 | If I could go out to work and leave the child and and do what I wanted to do , I 'd be quite happy with that . |
| 27 | I 'd asked my mum and dad if I could go to a boarding school — the one in Edinburgh Andy was at , for example — but they 'd said I would n't like it and besides it would cost a lot of money . |
| 28 | I asked Mum if I could go on the Pill . |
| 29 | It 's easier said than done , but I would if I could go back over it again . |
| 30 | I telephoned him and asked him if I could go round , the first evening I was back with Caroline . |