Example sentences of "if [pers pn] could get [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's about er ten years ago nearly that I er stopped being a teacher and when I was a teacher er up having to do assemblies er it was always something that I did with great reluctance and er was er pleased if I could get other people to do it er it seems rather odd then er that I 've actually said yes coming to do er an assembly here today and it 's perhaps a sign of mental instability on my part . |
2 | De Villiers grinned disarmingly. ‘ 'T WOULD not be so bad if I could get some work done so I could visit her now and then , but there 's little chance of that with the Bishop running to the Queen every five minutes . ’ |
3 | But then if she could get set nights . |
4 | As you said , they have n't actually , you know , it 'd be if you could get some sort of portable |
5 | The first twenty five minutes , when you think we were one nil up right I thought gosh if we could get that second goal it would have made all the difference and United would have been really would have been in trouble . |
6 | But the point is what I 'm saying is if we could get that stuff there on Friday afternoon and get the the conveyor set to where you want 'em , because I do n't know what leads you want the lorry got there on Monday morning , wants unloading , and we 're flying about for damn leads , we we 're gon na be in trouble . |
7 | So let's see if we could get three pieces like that out of a whole one ? |
8 | Erm a letter was sent to all district secretaries , who I think in mo , most cases sent these round to churches to see if we could get some idea from you as to what sort of increase in contributions could be possible for nineteen ninety three . |
9 | ‘ If we could get some discounts an' look at what we 're buyin' I fink we could do even better than we 're doin' now . |
10 | wondered if we could get some money from the Students |
11 | But the major problem is that the sites which we have at the present moment are not controlled , and if we could get proper sites , properly managed , I think you would find that the whole erm picture of a gipsy site in an area would be much better received by the public than it is at the present . |
12 | Needham then figured that if he could get two Rat Packers , why could n't he get three ? |