Example sentences of "if he [modal v] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | if he let's join in the K , you , your lad had the same problem as I with John . |
| 2 | It so happened that directors of the railway company who were house guests overheard this conversation and subsequently asked him if he would appear before the board and tell the story of his journey and travelling companion . |
| 3 | Mr Clark refused to say if he would appear before the judicial review . |
| 4 | But Mr Brazier gave an unhesitating ‘ yes ’ when asked if he would go through the experience again . |
| 5 | Lawrence Woodward , director of Elm Farm Research Centre , a small newly formed charity set up to research and develop organic agriculture , wrote to Prince Charles asking if he would speak at the first organic food conference to be held in Cirencester in January 1983 . |
| 6 | The next day she went back to Branson and asked if he would renegotiate along the lines of the original Virgin proposition , for an 85–15 split in the shareholding . |
| 7 | FOR most of this year , Lee Sharpe has wondered if he would play at the top again . |
| 8 | Later , I sent my work to , to see if he would publish in the newly founded Journal of Linguistics , but he was unimpressed . |
| 9 | As Sharapour fell back it seemed for a moment as if he would get in the way of Mill Reef on the rails , but Lewis was alert to the perils of getting boxed in up the short Longchamp straight and pulled Mill Reef out to begin his challenge . |
| 10 | ( Andrew speaks of Rhodes as if he might walk through the door ; and in the corner of the living-room hangs a pencil portrait , autographed , of ‘ The Founder ’ . ) |
| 11 | A pleasant spoken young constable arrived at Riverview with a warrant and asked if he might look over the boat . |
| 12 | It 's not known if he 'll return to the school . |
| 13 | He must have spent all last night developing and printing them ( as if he 'd go to the chemist 's ! |
| 14 | So we asked him if he 'd come to the sale just and I told my father , cos my father was n't keen you know . |
| 15 | If he 'd come for the race … |
| 16 | ( b ) That there is no satisfactory address for serving the summons either because he will not give an address , or it is doubtful if he will remain at the address long enough to accept service of the summons or is unable to furnish the name of anyone who would accept service on his behalf , e.g. social worker . |
| 17 | To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will report on the museums and galleries improvement scheme . |
| 18 | He had asked if he could go to the seminary school at once , but he had seemed relieved when Tom advised against it . |
| 19 | Then there was the time Joe Hulme asked if he could stay for the weekend in his native Lancashire after an away match at Bolton . |
| 20 | He 'd asked if he could work on the girl , but Frick had refused . |
| 21 | He slumped , then turned slightly , staring through the gloom of the house towards the north , as if he could see through the walls , through the wood , to that place of battle , that cold place , which lay northwards and to which he and Tallis — as everything that passed this way seemed to be moving . |
| 22 | Geoff , of Abram , near Wigan read about the South Donegal Railway Preservation Society and immediately contacted members to see if he could help despite the little matter of 150 miles of murky Irish Sea . |
| 23 | Roland had once asked her if he could help in the garden , in exchange for the right to sit there sometimes . |
| 24 | In cotton weaving rates in 1808 had fallen so low that weavers were reported to be working upwards of fifteen hours , even to twenty , but as an employer remarked it was an impossible situation to sustain and a man would not choose to work eighteen hours if he could live from the labour of twelve . |
| 25 | He poked his nose outside to see if he could tie off the cord . |
| 26 | Joe began to wonder if he should go to the police . |
| 27 | It was a large , impressive house , and he wondered if he should go to the back door , as Tess was probably a servant here . |
| 28 | He wondered if he should speak to the other man but , not knowing the system 's etiquette , he stayed silent . |
| 29 | It would be most unfair if he should suffer for the Kaiser 's unpopularity . |
| 30 | ‘ These have been Jeremy 's best sessions so far , and hopefully if his luck changes the team will not be surprised if he should get into the points . |