Example sentences of "if [pers pn] can [adv] [verb] this " in BNC.
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1 | Er apparently they phone her up or summat and ask her if she 'll go and stand in for other people and she turned round and says if I ca n't have this school I 'm not doing any . |
2 | If I can not stop this , my solicitor will help me gain compensation . ’ |
3 | ‘ I will speak to him , ’ he said to her when they had got out of earshot , ‘ and see if I can not resolve this matter . ’ |
4 | Right , if I can just give this shirt to you , Annette . |
5 | my Lord I think so yes , erm if I can just say this I understand on the structures that a letter has been , er , an offer has been made by a letter erm of the structure and obviously there would be and that , that was done I think some time ago , erm and it might be my Lord how to what sort of structure is , but , but , erm I think from our side , erm we , we 've taken the first step and we 're going |
6 | Not that I mean it to be a breathless race , but rather that I somehow do n't see life in an ordinary manner , not even this sere and monotonous existence in Africa ; granted , it browns me off sometimes , but I do pretty well on the whole ; and if I can still enjoy this incredibly austere and disciplined life , how much more shall we not enjoy life together ? |
7 | If you ca n't make this date , Star Trek V opens on 20 Oct . |
8 | If you ca n't do this in the shop ask the shopkeeper whether you can try them out at home . |
9 | If you ca n't do this , make sure you clean them . |
10 | Where there is a pavement or foot path used , do not walk next to the curb with your back from the traffic , look both ways before you step into the road where there is no foot path , walk on the right hand side of the road , it is safer to walk on the side facing on coming traffic , keep as close as possible to the side of the road , take care at right hand bends , keep one behind if that is possible , particularly line heavy traffic on flurry , do not allow children under age five at least out alone on the road , go with them , walk between them and the traffic and always keep tight hold of their hands , if you ca n't do this then use reigns as security , secure them firmly into the pushchair , do not let them run into the road , always wear or carry something bright or light or reflected within the dark of light , this is especially important , that all uses it it 's just the rules I suppose |
11 | If you can not do this , you could put aside a certain amount of money as a reward for each time the scales register a drop in weight . |
12 | If you can not do this , you are probably a negative reactor . |
13 | If you can not do this , the company is wasting its money on you . |
14 | If you can not make this , do n't worry , as it will be repeated all over the country on a weekly basis . |
15 | If you can not get this in time you may , exceptionally , be able to get a Social Fund Crisis Loan from your Social Security office . |
16 | You can buy one of the many reproduction plaster or fibre-glass cornices by the foot and have it added to your room just under the ceiling or , if you can not afford this luxury , go for a stylish compromise with a paper border . |
17 | But even if we ca n't breed this beautiful little tetra in the vast numbers accounted for by the Far-Eastern fish farmers , we can still breed enough to have a fine shoal of Neons for our own tanks . |
18 | Well , we have er W W F , the World Wide Fund for Nature has two hundred and seventy five projects already up and running er in rainforest areas of the world , and there are constant demands for more projects to be undertaken , and of course , all this costs money ; for men , machinery , equipment er and persuading governments , talking to people to make sure that we , if we ca n't halt this devastating destruction of rainforests , at least we can slow it down . |
19 | But while we know this , we must still believe that objective truth is obtainable ; or we must believe that it is 99 per cent obtainable ; or if we ca n't believe this we must believe that 43 per cent objective truth is better than 41 per cent . |
20 | were they not rebelling against this sort of commercialization that they saw going on in erm and think that well if we can , you know , if we can somehow stop this commercialization perhaps then er , then |
21 | If it ca n't do this the affected part of the structure remains damp ; This can then encourage rot to grow on timber , and may also result in frost damage to masonry in cold weather . |
22 | 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 . |