Example sentences of "if [pers pn] can [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If I can clarify two things there first of all . |
2 | If I can give one example : everyone knows there is a shortage of doctors . |
3 | Ca can I just say one thing , though , if you me nip out , it 's not that I do n't want to listen to this , er , it 's in connection with the property er worries that er , Geoffrey said , I 've got to sign a lot of er , arm twisting letters , which I , they want me to sign today , so if I can take five minutes out to sign those , I hope you will not feel I 'm trying to er skive off , as it were . |
4 | I mean , if I can have twelve hours , then I 'm happy . |
5 | If you can swim 25 yards , reserve one ‘ Windsurf Week ’ when you book . |
6 | But if you can produce 28 seconds that actually exists as a piece of entertainment and makes people laugh , nobody will ever think the worse of you for it . |
7 | ‘ If you can spend five weeks having the time of your life and get paid at the end of it — why not ? ’ he asks . |
8 | If you can play three chords and you can lay your hands on a guitar , then your help is needed to take part in the biggest guitar jam in the world to help combat River Blindness in Africa . |
9 | If you can find ten men . |
10 | Consequently , if we can exhibit one BFS corresponding to a tree , all BFSs will correspond to trees . |
11 | If we can average 1.5–2 pts between now and 8th January ( AND beat Scum ) we should still be in there with a shout . |
12 | Plus within my environmental thing I would like to be able to see if we can get four areas within the school and what I was thinking about , not the big areas outside in the gardens etcetera but do you know as you walk along from our corridor up past the dining hall and there 's that little bit of enclosed space |
13 | Accepting that the calculations can take years to complete , he asked : ‘ If we can spend 10 years on an experiment , why ca n't you do these calculations ? ’ |
14 | Good Christ , if they can make five miles a day when they have to fight through four systems of trenches and get right inside our Battle Zone , how bloody far d' you think they 'll go when we 've got nothing to hide behind except cow turds and haystacks ? ’ |
15 | TMD Carat head of press Paul Shalet says : ‘ If they can sell 250,000 copies and get sponsorship for it as well , they should make a lot of money . ’ |
16 | Will the monkey reach the branch if he can stretch 1 ¾m ? |