Example sentences of "if [pron] could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went in , explained the position I was in and asked if I could see one of the rooms . |
| 2 | It was as if I could see Dorothy looking at them , looking at them , trying to draw something from them to help her to hold on . |
| 3 | I asked if I could see the screenplay on which the film was now based . |
| 4 | I thought if I could see him … ’ |
| 5 | No , if I could see myself as anything else it would be in a career that I was doing , but then I would n't be married . |
| 6 | For example , it would make me very happy if I could see you every night across my dinner table ; if when I woke in the morning , I would hear you wish me ‘ Bonjour , chéri ! ’ in that so charming accent of yours . |
| 7 | Well , if I could see that |
| 8 | Rachaela said , ‘ If I could see that , Emma , I 'd cling on to her the way you do . |
| 9 | If I could see him at the back I 'll er , I 'll just get the question a bit more clearer and I 'm sure I can help . |
| 10 | I asked if I could see the people who 'd brought me in and after a few minutes , Bunny and Rayleen appeared at the bedside . |
| 11 | If I could see the one-eyed god down there now I 'd lean out of the window and tell it everything . |
| 12 | well I thought if I could see just a little bit of er |
| 13 | I was just looking to see if I could see those two boys , see what there names , because |
| 14 | I 'm very happy if I could see fifteen or sixteen coming to this |
| 15 | Propositions 53 — 71 are the application of this thought to expectation ( for example , 56 : ‘ If someone could see the expectation itself — he would have to see what is being expected ’ ; 60 : ‘ Reality is not a property still missing in what is expected and which accedes to it when one 's expectation comes about ’ ) ; 331–70 , to colours ( for example , 331 : ‘ One is tempted to justify rules of grammar by sentences like ‘ But there really are four primary colours . |
| 16 | I can picture Marie — how she 'd tell me off if she could see me . |
| 17 | What would Miss Henry say if she could see her now — Miss Henry , who only an hour ago had been exhorting her to cultivate dignity and repose ! |
| 18 | In a voice that shook in spite of her efforts to control it , she asked if she could see Mrs Blessington-Dalrymple . |
| 19 | She was sitting on the opposite side of the grate and Louise Carter thought fleetingly how proud Nora had always been of her daughter even when they had been dramatically at loggerheads and how pleased she would be if she could see her now , in her elegant black dress and silver jewellery . |
| 20 | Seven-thirty came and she glanced through the curtains to see if she could see your car drawing up . |
| 21 | " What would Mother Benedicta say if she could see us now ? " |
| 22 | Not easily — shapes were misty and distorted , blotted out completely when the fire flared ; but if she could see out , presumably the Women could see in . |
| 23 | She did not think she would like herself in it if she could see herself and she did not think she would like to see her face bright and thick with greasepaint . |
| 24 | I wondered if she could see into my mind , and I did n't care , for during that one short walk I had come to believe that Lili would not harm me . |
| 25 | But Lili , I thought , should have known them , must have known them , for if she could see in me something to address then she could see something in any human being . |
| 26 | There should also be more investment in counselling for unwillingly pregnant women , more support for the lone mother who would keep her pregnancy if she could see a way of coping , and fewer politicians using our bodies as debating points to be scored over opponents . |
| 27 | Wondered if she could see how well she was doing . |
| 28 | Just this is " he shook his head , not knowing if she could see , or maybe feel the bed bounce slightly , it 's really nice , " he gave a tiny , self-depreciating laugh on the last word , acknowledging its inadequacy , " . |
| 29 | What would Dana say if she could see them now ? |
| 30 | A shy and tentative smile came to the girl 's face and then she turned and went out of the room , walking as surely and as gracefully as if she could see just like everyone else . |