Example sentences of "[verb] if they [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Offering small quantities would also give greater variety to people 's diets , a variety which they may be unable to obtain if they can only buy in quantity .
2 Many of them go on to wonder if they could ever make a marriage .
3 There are even now other issues on the pensions debate we have employers like Telecom using pension funds to fund redundancies we now even have the government looking to see if they can get hold of pension fund money in British Rail and in the Coal Board to see if they can also fund job losses .
4 I asked if they would please call me Richard — Dick , I said , made me feel like a symbol of some kind .
5 As they retraced their steps , Ruth could n't help wondering if they would ever be able to tell Danny and Lilian the truth about their Aunt Rosie when they grew up .
6 I felt like someone out of a pop song , revisiting the haunts of childhood , going to see an old sweetheart , not knowing if they would still be there or not , hoping against hope that they might .
7 But I doubt if they 'll ever be fished .
8 The receptionist welcomes the guests with a smile and greeting , hands the pen to them and asks if they will kindly complete the registration form ( Fig. 3.8 ) or sign the hotel register ( Fig. 3.21 ) .
9 Neither knew if they would ever see each other again .
10 When those surveyed were asked if they would definitely vote , the Conservatives were two points ahead , with 40 per cent compared to 38 for Labour and 19½ for the Liberal Democrats .
11 I think the best conclusion would have happened if they 'd just let it happen , rather than trying to force the issue on April the nineteenth .
12 I wonder if they would sooner live in a tribal hut than the white man 's three-bedroomed house with fully-fitted kitchen ? ’
13 The tragedy is that life has now become complex and involved , and they wonder if they can ever break themself from all those things that are now hindrances .
14 So long as they are not excluded candidates having " too few " votes must be allowed to collect if they can enough transferred votes to bring them up to the quota .
15 I 'll ask again on Tuesday and see if they can just send me .
16 The darkness was so total that she wondered if they would even be able to proceed without the aid of a torch .
17 I looked across and gave them a wave and wondered if they would still be alive next time I visited Breville .
18 There was also another young man with theatrical ambitions who wondered if they would ever he satisfied , even though he had produced The Wit To Woo .
19 He wondered if they 'd ever find husbands or boyfriends who would take them on such a holiday as this and rather doubted it .
20 No-one knows if they 'll ever be coming back .
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