Example sentences of "[noun] if they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would make amends if they would contact me , and would be so glad to invite them to my home , to meet my wife and children . |
| 2 | In March 1989 Hungary became the first East European state to accede to the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ( under which states agreed not to expel refugees or return them to their homeland if they would face persecution there ) . |
| 3 | Because the European Commission is making a number of funds available to develop those links , the overture fund , the knowhow fund funded by the Foreign Office , the fund , the enterprise fund , the fur fund , the tempest fund , all these are in the reportback which I 'll gratefully give to the press and also the opposition if they 'll bother to read it . |
| 4 | Signs , know your traffic signs , right , signals , give signal , give signals if they would help or warn other road users watch out for the signals of other drivers and motor cyclists or pedal cyclists and take necessary action from them . |
| 5 | I asked the probation department if they could arrange a visit as it did n't look like anyone else was going to . |
| 6 | On behalf of ‘ Spokes ’ therefore , I would like to ask the Highways Department if they could attend to this as soon as possible . |
| 7 | Kathryn will ask Alex Yeats and Rachel Maybank if they would like to be involved in doing some work on redundancy . |
| 8 | Others might launch an attempt if they can garner support : Ken Livingstone could emerge as candidate of the hard-Left Campaign group . |
| 9 | They 'd murder each other over the choice of curtain fabric if they could get away with it . |
| 10 | Four years ago I wrote to ask your readers if they would knit and donate one item for me to sell in aid of Great Ormond Street Children 's Hospital . |
| 11 | In October of this year I would like to hold another sale to raise £1,000 for Breast Cancer Research and would like to ask you readers if they would help me once again by donating one item no matter how small , or if they have some spare yarn but not time to knit it up and would like to donate the yarn I have some people who would help me to knit it . |
| 12 | I would like to ask your readers if they would write to me concerning their experiences in trying to get an idea developed to the production stage , all of which will be treated in the strictest confidence . |
| 13 | Seitz asks readers if they could imagine Ben Hogan or Arnold Palmer ever going to a sports psychologist . |
| 14 | I asked the College if they could help , but was told by the then-bursar : It is College policy not to help fellows with housing . |
| 15 | Their names will be in Japanese history books if they can persuade the Soviet leader to hand back the islands . |
| 16 | I mean , an incident happened last week er the fitter went up They asked the fitter if they could track the belt up on the top . |
| 17 | Very very very briefly Chairman , erm first of all you can see in paragraph two point three and you see the matter that 's being erm the subject of discussion previously erm there was n't to be an issues report as such , but er Stragg itself the advisory group did feel that it would be useful that er er a leaflet be prepared and distributed erm you I do n't think Chairman would have seen it , but hot off the presses is being erm with us this morning er an an and only delivered this morning are some copies of th the leaflet that we have now erm prepared er you will have seen that in draft form Chairman and members of Strang will have seen that draft form so er both Stragg members and other members of the Committee if they would like to take a copy away with them , that there are a number here , but they will be er given wide distribution later on . |
| 18 | It reminded him of another mad suggestion from a man in California , offering the contras $50m if they would go and take over Malta . |
| 19 | I asked my parents if they would allow me to stay the night , saying that Valeria was alone in the house and I would keep her company . |
| 20 | They collected Heather 's butter from the farmhouse , and asked Mrs. Olinton if they could climb up into the loft of the old barn . |
| 21 | Alongside the rivalry which characterized foreign relations in the Middle East , most governments desired peace if they could achieve it without weakening their own position . |
| 22 | Most of the schemes provide a simpler and cheaper route than resort to a court of law , without taking away the right of consumers to go to law if they should wish to do so . |
| 23 | Also , in a similar way , many people , not necessarily just old people , prepare by sleeping with instructions by their bed as to what should happen to their effects if they should die during the night . |
| 24 | So we asked council if they could get us a place and they offered us a flat at first over the other side , I do n't know what walk it was on , and they says , You can stay there until we get an house for you . |
| 25 | After this Boston tea party it will be a wonder if they can do anything else . |
| 26 | It is therefore also common ground that prima facie Glasgow must be sued in Scotland because of course it is domiciled in Scotland , and that the banks are only entitled to sue in England if they can bring themselves within the special jurisdiction laid down in articles 5 and 6 of Schedule 4 . |
| 27 | ‘ I think if you asked most players in England if they 'd like to swap places with me they 'd be jumping over the top of each other to do it . |
| 28 | ‘ Even the recent drop begs the question if they can do all this in a month or two , why could n't they have done it before . ’ |
| 29 | Both the head and the DCSL freely acknowledged that these developments were undertaken in the light of knowledge that a library project existed , and that schools might stand a better chance of securing a grant if they could show evidence of commitment to enhanced library provision . |
| 30 | You could use some of the dry transfer lettering that is available from most art shops , or ask your local framer or photographer if they could recommend a calligrapher to you . |