Example sentences of "if they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Team attire for the match will be silver space-suits ( if they dare turn up ) . |
| 2 | The Blues looked as if they might struggle to punch a hole in a paper bag , let alone score . |
| 3 | Two tall young men in finely cut gallibayas and white scarves asked rather formally if they might walk with us , then lapsed into shy silence . |
| 4 | On the way to the toilet , flashy black guys , who keep their hands permanently on their balls as if they might drop off onto the floor , stand directly in my way to get noticed . |
| 5 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 6 | But it looked at one stage as if they might lose their first choice and have to stay in Reigate for another summer when negotiations for the purchase coincided with their long-planned holiday of a lifetime — watching last month 's world cup cricket in Australia . |
| 7 | Cheltenham had lost their last five games and despite creating some excellent chances , looked as if they might lose their sixth . |
| 8 | His knees were wobbling as if they might collapse under the strain of holding his body upright . |
| 9 | " They asked if they might come to see the palais , but they had of course to remain outside in the gardens with their nurse where they can do no damage . " |
| 10 | They stayed close to the Oaks , as if they considered it their duty , and they looked as if they might find life a serious business . |
| 11 | St Bartholomew 's church at Covenham was declining to the state of danger when a parish in California asked if they might have it and ship it stone by stone to the U.S.A. This caused much controversy for a while but finally it was decided that it should remain and be safely maintained on its original consecrated site . |
| 12 | As for the farm butter , it is being borne away by the purchasers in the great baskets which look as if they might have been used by the Scarlet Pimpernel to smuggle refugee aristos out of Paris . |
| 13 | At a meeting of the Company on 5th November 1491 , called at the request of Thomas Rich in the name of Julian Shaa and the other executors , the Goldsmiths asked if they might have £40 clear : this would allow them to fulfil all their obligations , to have some money spare for repairs and suchlike , and also to appropriate the balance to their own use . |
| 14 | Here was her chance to find out exactly what the police were up to — it sounded as if they might have a new lead . |
| 15 | I wondered if they might have |
| 16 | Sounds as if they might have . |
| 17 | I wonder if they might have anything do n't know whether they sell other than the time |
| 18 | The government is reviewing the cases of about 60 people sentenced for political or security offences to see if they might qualify for pardon . |
| 19 | He beamed at them again and Caspar was beginning to relax , because it seemed as if they might escape after all and Fenella was remembering about magic being very nearly everyday here , when Pumlumon said , ‘ Of course , that 's so long as I can remember the words . ’ |
| 20 | It took me some time to put the fantastic story of the Gauguin inheritance behind me — not out of my mind , but to the back of it , not only because I wondered if they might deteriorate , but also at the bizarre irony of a family sitting on a fortune which they refused to touch . |
| 21 | Contact your insurance company to see if they 'll offer a discount for customers with burglar alarms . |
| 22 | If they 'll do it , then we 're in business . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't know if they 'll do that |
| 24 | So I 'll give her a ring later in the week or something and I 'll see if they 'll send me the send me the |
| 25 | Do n't you know if they 'll move ? ’ |
| 26 | I wonder if they 'll give me one on my back while I 'm there ? |
| 27 | I wonder if they 'll give us them , you know . |
| 28 | I wonder if they 'll try to sell the cottage too , or if they 'll go on letting it ? ’ |
| 29 | Because the European Commission is making a number of funds available to develop those links , the overture fund , the knowhow fund funded by the Foreign Office , the fund , the enterprise fund , the fur fund , the tempest fund , all these are in the reportback which I 'll gratefully give to the press and also the opposition if they 'll bother to read it . |
| 30 | If you are n't find an old fashioned TV repair shop and ask them if they 'll make up the leads for you . |