Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked if I might walk through the camp and look at the castle from the other side , Cinderella looked distressed , so I said ‘ never mind ’ and made my way back to the stone stile . |
| 2 | I hope too that this beautiful countryside and this beautiful college will be conducive to good thoughts , reflections and reappraisals , and if I might say to the men I hope there are not too many of the female students floating up and down the corridors to further divert your attention . |
| 3 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 4 | ‘ If I may speak in a spirit of complaint , David , I might point out that it 's easy for you to talk and even easier to talk tough . |
| 5 | Yes , I readily accept that , er my general proposition is in er connection with the settlement pattern of York , and it is necessary clearly to have er careful regard to that existing settlement pattern , erm if I may refer to the helpful plan that has in fact been produced , I believe by the County Council , it is in fact an appendix to B two zero zero four , er this plan does actually indicate the general extent of the settlements outside the outer ring road of York . |
| 6 | My Lords , if I may revert to the proposition that a person can not consent to the theft of property from himself , it is absurd to suppose that a company consents to the theft of its own property , merely because the thief is for most purposes of the company its directing mind . |
| 7 | If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon . |
| 8 | That 's including Chippingfield if you had seen it as we saw it when we came here you would recognise how much work has gone into building the town because I was on the the council then I was asked if I would stand for the council which was then only a parish council there was no urban district council that was n't formed for four or five years afterwards and of course , we had to fight for lights everything that , er that we needed we had to fight for because there was no lighting on Netteswell Road where our children were going to school , and there were little ones . |
| 9 | She came to me one day and asked me if I would stand for the council , which I did . |
| 10 | I also told them about the financial statement we had issued and afterwards received a letter asking if I would send on a financial statement , which I did " . |
| 11 | She asked me if I would speak to the police for her . |
| 12 | He said that if I had the time and the inclination he would be grateful if I would sort through the material , put the scores in chronological order to one side and throw out ‘ the rubbish ’ . |
| 13 | Moments before the Prime Minister presented me with the trophy , I was asked if I would pose in the sea for a tourism promotion picture . |
| 14 | I dreaded to discover just what symptom of drug dependency I was witnessing , and wondered if I should shout for the big Jackson Chatterton to come and rescue me , but then Rickie turned his terrified gaze on to me . |
| 15 | If I should tell at a tea table in London , that I have crossed the Atlantick in an open boat , how they 'd shudder , and what a fool they 'd think me to expose myself to such danger . ’ |
| 16 | If I should wander into the uncharted minefield of personal opinion it is only with the benefit of hindsight . |
| 17 | ‘ If I should die by an IRA bomb , that would n't worry me . |
| 18 | If I should die before the rest of you |
| 19 | I wondered if I should climb into a barge and pole myself across but the mists still hung over the water , I was cold , frightened , and so , following Benjamin 's instructions , returned to my own chamber . |
| 20 | Well I , well I , I mean I 've had to do my homework , before I come on this meeting for you , and I , and if I can start at the back and work forwards we have got enough money . |
| 21 | And if not I 'll see if I can think of an excuse to try and contact her myself . ’ |
| 22 | Doctor Volkov is off duty today , but I 'll see if I can check through the files in case . ’ |
| 23 | It 's never as bad if I can travel in the front of the car . ’ |
| 24 | Finally if I can refer to the honourable member for Cardiff West , who wound up . |
| 25 | Will you let us out if I can swim across a lake full of pike ? " |
| 26 | The honourable gentleman said that was a straight question , I shall give him a straight answer , er no it would n't , er if I can return to the line of er explanation I was giving Mr Deputy Speaker . |
| 27 | If I can move onto the final of the orders , the erm enfranchisement of E C citizens resident in the U K. We on this side of the house welcome the change which allows E C citizens resident in the U K to vote in the European elections . |
| 28 | I wonder if I can go to the er little boy 's room at the end of the corridor while you 're |
| 29 | If I can go onto the local theme a little , chair . |
| 30 | I 'm not quite sure , I think most organizations have a certain amount of of sum of money if I can remember from the workshops . |