Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] if [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An Enfield clerical family took in a great-grandmother in her nineties for her last two years : ‘ she did n't want to go in a home and she wrote to my mother and asked if she could possibly look after her . |
| 2 | She hates being photographed and wonders if she should ever have chosen a career in television . |
| 3 | Leaving Charlie to take his own pulse , to practise his deep breathing , and to wonder if he 'd ever be able to untighten his sphincter without medical intervention . |
| 4 | The receptionist welcomes the guests with a smile and greeting , hands the pen to them and asks if they will kindly complete the registration form ( Fig. 3.8 ) or sign the hotel register ( Fig. 3.21 ) . |
| 5 | In the second approach , described as interventive , one injects an antibiotic inhibitor of RNA or protein synthesis , trains the animal and asks if it can still remember the task . |
| 6 | I 'll ask again on Tuesday and see if they can just send me . |
| 7 | Will you give this matter serious thought and see if you can either consider standing yourself or can nominate a ‘ willing ! ’ candidate . |
| 8 | Erm and see if you can actually fill in the the ideas which are on there . |
| 9 | Hand her a tea-strainer and see if she can carefully lift out all the fish . |
| 10 | I looked across and gave them a wave and wondered if they would still be alive next time I visited Breville . |
| 11 | So Creggan became interested in the Sweeper , and wondered if he would ever come up to his cage and say something , in the way Men did . |
| 12 | I thought of Fringe and the Downs and wondered if I would ever ride in a race , and I thought of Ronnie Curzon and publishers and American rights and of Erica Upton 's reviews and it all seemed as distant as Ursa Major but not one whit as essential to my continued existence . |
| 13 | During the interminable journey Edward turned what he knew of the affair over and over in his mind , and wondered if it could possibly , really , happen . |
| 14 | But at least he is here , she thought , and wondered if she would really have tried to get into the Workshops by herself if she had had to . |
| 15 | Dot wished she knew what it felt like to be brave , and wondered if she 'd ever get the chance to find out . |