Example sentences of "[adv] if i could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if I could remember them the whole mystery would be solved . |
| 2 | Perhaps if I could deal with Mr 's point first though cos I 'll just refer you I think to paragraph three point two , three year accident record there , fifty five injuries , seventy one casualties , many of them taking place on the distributor road network . |
| 3 | I agreed to marriage counselling but only if I could go alone , although I knew that going alone was a bit like filing fiddled expenses . |
| 4 | So if I could make a plea to anyone who wishes to buy a pony whether from a private owner or ‘ saved ’ from the meat man , to make sure they know the commitment they are taking on . |
| 5 | So if I could go back and say , ‘ Hurrah I 've found Howard Baker ! |
| 6 | So if I could get past him then , I could bolt him in . |
| 7 | So if I could ask you just to complete that . |
| 8 | Erm , just if I could say about the , there 's something next week also about the ambulance . |
| 9 | The second reason just if I could point erm we only learnt this morning of the landscape design erm where we understood that savings were being made by the four members of staff organisation . |
| 10 | I 'd refuse them admission altogether if I could afford to lose the business . ’ |
| 11 | I felt that I would be able to work more efficiently if I could refer patients in my care to any of the A&E doctors . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd leave now if I could afford it . |
| 13 | No um Michael Fraser Associates have now started a lobbying operation which is run for them by the former Chief Executive of the Tory Party in Scotland whose name I 've forgotten but he lives down at Tiningham in East Lothian ah , now if I could get him in if Fred does n't object and again if Fred did n't object and the other guy did n't object it might be worth getting a member of Parliament in |
| 14 | Now if I could try and translate that into your particular sphere of interest , you are doing things with noise , with food , with roofs I heard the other day , yesterday , which surprised me , and a variety of other things , which people understand . |
| 15 | Well if I could refer you , ma'am , to my paragraph three point seven of my supplementary statement , erm I do indicate there erm that the factors which make me believe that a location in this sector or these three sectors erm is a better one in far , as far as employment is concerned . |
| 16 | Had to be paid , it ca n't be paid by the twenty eighth it 's er you know well if I could 've got hold of David or er , Andrew , I was gon na give Andrew a right bollocking for just pushing it in and he should 've sent it to er , Michael , Michael 's just got it shoved in front of his nose a in Edinburgh . |
| 17 | Well if I could choose I would go to bed at about two o'clock in the morning and get up at about ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 18 | Well if I could have a bungalow the same as I' ve got now I would n't care . |
| 19 | Well if I could dig a hole in the garden we could get rid of some of that stuff . |
| 20 | They would n't believe me , even if I could tell them . |
| 21 | Even if I could make an impression it 'd be the worst thing I could do . |
| 22 | Even if I could identify these contacts I would not because of the obvious dangers . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Even if I could identify these contacts I would not because of the obvious dangers . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Even if I could identify these contacts I would not because of the obvious dangers . ’ |
| 25 | Did n't think we 'd need two , and mine 's not nearly as good as yours , even if I could take half as good a picture . ’ |
| 26 | I pointed out that it would be difficult to find a moment out of time , even if I could wait for it , and could she find someone who would know ? |
| 27 | In fact , nearly all the breeders are based round the London area , which would still have meant a difficult journey to collect a bird , even if I could find one . |
| 28 | It 's so utterly impossible — even if I could overcome the physical thing , how could I ever look in any way but down on him ? |
| 29 | His explanation is simple : ‘ Of course , I could have done better , but I enjoy the friendship of running and would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I would never run past someone I could help get to the finish , even if I could win the race ’ |