Example sentences of "see if [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 But we 'll see if we ca n't lend you one before too long . ’
2 Come on now , chaps , once again , and let's see if we ca n't break thirty seconds . ’
3 We 'll see if we ca n't catch sight of Mullach and Lionan as they head back north .
4 He said too : ‘ I shall see if we may not go back to Nice in the autumn , or Austria or Switzerland .
5 Children described to the interviewers how they had been referred to the library to find information on Inuits and Eskimos in basic studies , Scott of the Antarctic in history , and Alexander Fleming in science , while one child described how : In RE sometimes Miss asks us to go and find out ( like ) some information and also in literacy ( like ) there are some people who write letters backwards and Miss asks us to go back and see if we could find any .
6 So let's see if we could get three pieces like that out of a whole one ?
7 ‘ We 'll go up and see if we can see how she got here .
8 Let's see if we can find the Colombi Hotel . ’
9 Let us see if we can do a bit better than this .
10 We 'll see if we can get you to rights . ’
11 Let's see if we can land you a theatre job , eh ?
12 ‘ Let's just pop upstairs and see if we can find something more suitable . ’
13 ‘ Let's go and see if we can see the fogs , then when we 're sure about them , perhaps we can get a close look at the engine — perhaps it 's broken down . ’
14 ‘ Let's see if we can get in from the inside as this door is either seized up or securely locked . ’
15 ‘ Let's see if we can find a way . ’
16 Then we 'll see if we can stretch her into a classic contender ! ’
17 And while you 're here , let's see if we can get you straightened out .
18 So before moving to the particular let's see if we can draw some general conclusions regarding degree and timing .
19 ‘ Let's see if we can help . ’
20 Comment If these results seems rather too trivial to bother about , let's see if we can make them more impressive ( and less " obvious " ? ) by stating their conclusions in words : ( i ) The product of the additive identity with any integer always yields the additive identity .
21 Let's go underground and see if we can get them to talk a bit more freely . "
22 Let's see if we can work out what it is .
23 Let's see if we can make the twenty five minutes fly by , yes ?
24 Right so I wo n't draw a graph , but we 'll see if we can work out a sketch of a graph , roughly what it 's like .
25 Confronted with such a situation , with no sure indication as to how , if at all , a satisfactory clarification of particular identity might be found , we might be tempted to think that the best course to follow is to try and see if we can make do without relying on this awkward and intractable concept .
26 Let's see if we can do it a different way .
27 I think that the rest of the situation should be more or less a straight across thing , and I 'm gon na see if we can get Paul
28 I 'm almost certain that 's what 's doing it to you so let's see if we can get through to it with that ,
29 Let's cruise and see if we can pick him up . ’
30 ‘ Let's see if we can get a lift off this car , eh ? ’
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