Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [modal v] find a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll go out today and see if I can find a new daddy then , shall I ? |
| 2 | ‘ Come on gal , ’ he shouted , laughing as he stood up , ‘ let's see if I can find a deer to show you . ’ |
| 3 | If I can find a rubber , I 'll write it up for you I 'm afraid my ink , my pen , is running out . |
| 4 | I 'm just gon na see if I can find a clarity index . |
| 5 | I 'll dim er if I can find a dimmer I 'll dim the You can read it now ca n't you ? |
| 6 | What I 'd like you to think about , if I can find a rubber , is we 've said if you take the sum of Z X's times Z Y. They were A and B before , I think I might have confused that . |
| 7 | ‘ I would like to operate in County Durham or Newcastle if I can find a suitable site . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It could still be black magic because I 'm damned if I can find a way through the tangle . |
| 9 | Right ah I 'm gon na have a delve and see if I can find a similar model . |
| 10 | Well it 's up to you if you want them to s shall I see if I can find a girl and you might try a size ten in the other ones would you like me |
| 11 | Tomorrow , if I could find a better medium , I would throw away cinema . |
| 12 | ‘ If I could find a few grand . ’ |
| 13 | When Sam Phillips , founder of Sun Records and ‘ creator ’ of Elvis Presley , said , ‘ If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel , I could make a billion dollars ’ ( quoted in Hopkins 1971 : 66 ) , the twin motivations , artistic and commercial , were not separated or separable . |
| 14 | Furthermore , certain commercial practices such as ‘ meeting competition clauses ’ , ‘ most favoured nation ’ ( MFN ) clauses , and tie-ins that release the buyer if she can find a lower price supplier elsewhere can serve both to ensure information-sharing about discounts and price-cutting and to give ( in the case of MFN clauses ) an incentive not to cut price ( see Salop , 1985 ) . |
| 15 | She would drop to the surface of the station — its mass generated enough gravity to pull her — and , if she could find a suitable maintenance terminal , she would jack in her wrist processor and try to manipulate the station 's doors through the interface . |
| 16 | She would go down to the club and do some keep fit for an hour , then have a fruit juice lunch and see if she could find a game of tennis . |
| 17 | Olive ash , for instance , makes a good ploughed field , as does yew , especially if you can find a piece with a nice ‘ crook ’ grain ; zebrano is useful for both water and sky ; walnut often yields a rock formation ; some of the ‘ burr ’ types ( eg. walnut , ash and elm ) make excellent tree foliage , if the scale is right . |
| 18 | Over by the volleyball court a crowd of older children gathered to look at postcards of Scotland ( always an icebreaker , particularly if you can find a picture of someone in a kilt ) . |
| 19 | This route begins from Glen Nevis and you can take your car up to the head of the Glen and leave it in a packed car park , if you can find a space between the ice-cream vans and hot-dog vendors . |
| 20 | It obviously helps if you can find a yard near home , and most DIY owners find that five to ten miles is the farthest they want to travel . |
| 21 | ‘ You can borrow it if you can find a guarantor . |
| 22 | If you can find a partner of roughly the same level , this is an excellent way of practising . |
| 23 | If you want to have a snapshot of yourself , see if you can find a friendly policeman to perform the task . |
| 24 | If you can find a gnarled peasant woman making shabby artefacts from twigs , point your readers in her direction . |
| 25 | If you can find a Porsche centre able to demonstrate an RS to you , put some time aside and insist on an experienced specialist . |
| 26 | Packs of l.e.d.s and holders are sometimes available at quite attractive prices , and it is probably worthwhile investing in one of these if you can find a suitable pack . |
| 27 | If you can find a hundred thousand reasons |
| 28 | If you can find a stake that long at the garden centre , it will probably be painted green , with perhaps a black painted end for the ground — do n't be deceived . |
| 29 | See if you can find a vet who shares your enthusiasm . |
| 30 | And , if you can find a minister that 's willing to go wherever you want to go ! |