Example sentences of "if he [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he ca n't give that assurance in his summing up , then we will be opposing . |
| 2 | Will you tell Paul he 's got ta finish his homework tonight , if he ca n't do any tomorrow he ca n't do any on Sunday Not cutting off their hair ? |
| 3 | I wonder if he would now agree that bingo is the opium of the people . |
| 4 | On his back , on his bunk , he doubted if he would ever trust another man again . |
| 5 | I wondered if he might not have some spontaneous feeling in my defence . |
| 6 | As gently as she could , Ruth told her that Patrick had taken to his bed many years ago , finishing , ‘ It seems as if he 'll never get any better . |
| 7 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 8 | If he can not do this quickly — either because you have not told him what questions you have answered , or because you have indicated them in an order that is not that in which you have attempted them — he is likely to be mildly annoyed . |
| 9 | If he can not face another five years of leading the Liberal Democrats nowhere , perhaps MI6 can find a job for him . |
| 10 | There was no doubt about it , he was failing as a husband if he could not provide such basic things as warmth and shelter for his wife . |
| 11 | He shrugged and shook his head as if he could n't care less who it was . |
| 12 | Now he felt he would burst if he could n't impart all that was going on in his mind . |