Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] you [modal v] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you attend a mountaineering club lecture in order to discover whether you should attempt this sport , you will follow the discussion much more easily if you have read a little about it . |
| 2 | You 'd do something more likely to reap a financial return , such as throw it off the top of Blackpool Tower in a Force Nine gale and run down the 763 steps to see if you could catch any of it before it blew away . |
| 3 | that was not intended to see if you could survive that , although that does happen |
| 4 | They 've erm volunteers to see if you can show this committee the presentation for the . |
| 5 | Er if you were a fairly decent criminal though you , you may well have a look through the windows to see if you can see any detectors on the wall , just to confirm it , because by now you 'd be thinking that a lot of these are dummies . |
| 6 | And the culmination of the production of some financial information that simply enables you to ensure that you can meet those goals in that coming year if you choose to do so . |
| 7 | The first priority , however , is to ensure that you will have enough income for your own needs . |
| 8 | ‘ If you were , as you were hoping to be , her legal custodian , you would be in a very powerful position — and I have reason to fear that you might abuse that power . ’ |
| 9 | I wanted to ask if you could mend this , ’ she explained , and took the engine out of the box . |
| 10 | Secondly , they invite you to show that you can manipulate that basic , raw material to argue a case , in ways consistent with established frameworks of literary-critical debate . |
| 11 | Even through the double glazing the glass was beginning to melt and you could hear this horrible panting sound . |
| 12 | and there 's a , a book to sign and you can borrow any book |