Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I may make one suggestion to the South Africans that is meant to be helpful , it is this : call on Bob Burrows , the ITV producer who was in charge of the Rugby World Cup in this country , and invite him to be your consultant . |
| 2 | If I can clarify two things there first of all . |
| 3 | If I can give one example : everyone knows there is a shortage of doctors . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I mean , if I can have twelve hours , then I 'm happy . |
| 6 | If I could cite one example of that , the accountancy profession recruits seventy per cent of its intake from non-accountancy graduates , and in fact , a student taking accountancy , and getting a not particularly good degree , even a lower second class honours degree , can sometimes be regarded by employers as having demonstrated not particularly good aptitude for accountancy , and be discounted in favour of a candidate from another major subject , who 's got a better class of degree . |
| 7 | He asked me if I could wait five minutes . |
| 8 | At the agreed rate of 10¢ per column inch it meant that if I could provide two 25-inch columns per day , which was relatively easy for me , I could earn about $30 per week which was $6 more than I was getting when I gave up the staff job . |
| 9 | I asked Leo if I could have five minutes ' peace . |
| 10 | Mrs Mawdsley then asked administration manager Dave McCreary if she could take two weeks ' annual leave and a week 's unpaid leave to go on holiday . |
| 11 | If she could trust one human , he felt , she could achieve anything . |
| 12 | Steffi appears to have everything , so I asked that if she could have one wish , what would it be ? |
| 13 | If you would like two tickets , call us now on . |
| 14 | Well , if you 'll wait one moment , my car will be ready . ’ |
| 15 | If you are prepared to accept appointment on the basis of the terms contained or referred to in this letter or the attached schedule , I shall be glad if you will sign one copy of the letter and return it to me . |
| 16 | He was always reluctant to approve subsidies ; in 1621 , when other members were prepared to pledge their lives and fortunes to recover the Palatinate , he observed bitterly that the farmers would say , ‘ if you will have three taxes in one year , we must have three harvests in one year . ’ |
| 17 | If you can swim 25 yards , reserve one ‘ Windsurf Week ’ when you book . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ If you can spend five weeks having the time of your life and get paid at the end of it — why not ? ’ he asks . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | If you can find ten men . |
| 22 | I wonder if you should pay twenty pounds more again if you have a third set and again if you have a fourth set . |
| 23 | If you must place one unit directly behind another , make sure it is a unit that does n't suffer from Animosity . |
| 24 | I doubt if you 'd have six children under four would you ? |
| 25 | Now the tickets are four quid each , you can get 'em on the door , but if you 'd like two tickets , phone us on , we 'll send 'em by first class post , we need your postcode , give us a ring now , if you 'd like two tickets for the grand charity dance , modern , old-time and sequence featuring Phil , resident organist at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool . |
| 26 | Now the tickets are four quid each , you can get 'em on the door , but if you 'd like two tickets , phone us on , we 'll send 'em by first class post , we need your postcode , give us a ring now , if you 'd like two tickets for the grand charity dance , modern , old-time and sequence featuring Phil , resident organist at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool . |
| 27 | But call us if you 'd like two tickets . |
| 28 | Now if you 'd like two tickets I 've got one pair of tickets only , we 'll send them by post we need your postcode call us on Nottingham three four three four three four but please make sure that you can use the tickets before you call please . |
| 29 | So if you used to charge fifty P for programmes , consider , could you charge seventy five P ? |
| 30 | Consequently , if we can exhibit one BFS corresponding to a tree , all BFSs will correspond to trees . |