Example sentences of "[pers pn] if they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fact of the matter is , several of the teachers on the course you missed because of skiving off on holiday , a number of them have asked me if they can stay on for the autumn term . |
| 2 | If you are n't find an old fashioned TV repair shop and ask them if they 'll make up the leads for you . |
| 3 | He introduced his father , a tubby , good-natured little man , and asked them if they would like a lift into Plymouth . |
| 4 | In his own practice , if he finds a patient who is a particularly good subject for hypnosis he asks them if they would like to try re-regression for interest 's sake ; if they agree , with their permission he records the session . |
| 5 | Vi was remembering that today was her birthday and there was the ten-shilling note in her money belt and wondering if she should ask them if they would like to see the film in Craigiebur . |
| 6 | She was going to exchange knitting-patterns with the Visitors , and ask them if they would like a hot drink after their 17 million light-year journey to Wimbledon . |
| 7 | They want a spread of expenditure for the contract works So what we agreed with them is that we will forthwith start sending them client reports and I 've asked them if they will report back to us whether the client reports are in the form they want them . |
| 8 | We are ready to approach these people to ask them if they will fill in questionnaires or be interviewed to help us with our research . |
| 9 | And I 'd got them here and I thought well I do n't know what to do with them and I b b interested in I 'm interested in going back in time , I 'll go anywhere where I can see something and I 'd been over there and they 'd got some Home Guard stuff in a case , only a small show , and I asked them if they 'd like it and they said yes . |
| 10 | We had some extremely hot gear lying around so we asked them if they 'd have a go at getting rid of it for us out of town where it maybe would have cooled down somewhat . |
| 11 | He especially liked to be taken to the home of a couple , to sleep securely between them if they 'd let him , and then in the morning to ask them questions about their house , about the furniture which they 'd chosen together . |
| 12 | I mean I mean I 've written a letter to my cousins in South Wales asking them if they can point me at any places that might record , but I 'll actually make the contacts . |
| 13 | And ask them if they can find out who 's doing the animatronics . |
| 14 | So he promised them if they could shift over 30 electronic flykillers on the phone he would take them to Alton Towers for the day . |
| 15 | i should actually ask them if they could write promptly because of this pending . |
| 16 | And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks . |
| 17 | How to set up : Ask friends , family or neighbours in the same situation as you if they 'd like to do a babysitting swap , and take it from there . |
| 18 | Most sales people are that false that they will only want to know you if they can sell you something . |
| 19 | Early on , she had learned one thing : if the poor saw you prospering they did n't deal with you if they could help it , their idea being they were n't going to give you a hand . |
| 20 | When the candidate has settled ask him or her if they would like to smoke ( if you yourself do not mind ) . |
| 21 | Mom would probably give her back teeth to make a picture with McQueen but nobody would cast her if they could get Faye Dunaway . |
| 22 | Twenty thousand rupees it would cost , but the extension worker said the government would pay for it if they could register a co-operative . |
| 23 | Odd-Knut is much amused by all this talk , and tells us that in Greenland the sledge dogs will eat it if they can get at it . |
| 24 | Morris tonner from Cripps and er I said I 'd buy the lorry off 'em if they 'd find me some work . |
| 25 | What would animals say about us if they could speak , what would they do to us if they have the chance ? |
| 26 | Very late in the day they had written to say that some arrangement had fallen through and they would be prepared to play us if they could find sufficient members interested in taking part . |