Example sentences of "[v-ing] if they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently some people have been trying a different approach , seeing if they can change the nature of the atoms such that fusion can occur at a useful rate even at room temperature . |
| 2 | This was a Hibs side , too , with no need to fear relegation and every incentive to probe for damage done by Rangers ' injury crisis while seeing if they could move themselves closer to a place in Europe . |
| 3 | This involved taking apart any statements made by known offenders and seeing if they could pinpoint a flaw somewhere along the line . |
| 4 | A record number of pupils received their A-level results today , but many will be left wondering if they 'll get the place they want at university . |
| 5 | Young people were afraid , wondering if they would have time to have their children , and became agitated at the racheting-up of international tensions in East and West . |
| 6 | But she had qualms about encountering the royal family , wondering if they would see her , not as Anne Mowbray , but as a stranger . |
| 7 | Tipperary after local opposition , saying the Raybestos case was worse as the Ovens objectors were trying to force changes after the statutory period for planning objections had long passed : ‘ Foreign companies coming to this country and adhering to our planning conditions will begin wondering if they can go ahead at all if they see the assurances of the IDA and the planning authorities are not the final assurances . ’ |
| 8 | Many people start their marriages wondering how many affairs their partner has already had , and wondering if they can compete with the possibilities that might threaten them in the future . |
| 9 | ‘ She certainly had no hesitation in approaching potential subjects , asking if they would sit for her and , in this respect , her family connections must have been invaluable . |
| 10 | I 've also had a query from a Sheffield Wednesday fan asking if they could set up a list here too ( the answer was no ! ) |
| 11 | In fact it works so well that within a few days of installing it friends were asking if they could fax me printed documents that they had always wanted to store on disk . |
| 12 | He wrote notes , asking if they could meet but to no avail . |
| 13 | The next morning , though , he found a message on his desk from Paul , asking if they could meet for a drink at lunchtime at the Club . |
| 14 | Someone shouted to him asking if they could step over to help . |
| 15 | People kept asking if they could see upstairs.It 's a constant challenge to restore the house . |
| 16 | A trip to London was planned and they were expecting two visits — one from an elderly relative who 'd been in touch after receiving a holiday postcard and another from two people who used to live in the flat upstairs and had telephoned asking if they could call by . |
| 17 | Finally , foreign museums started contacting the Ministry of Culture and asking if they could buy , let us say , a picture by Malévich or Popova , and then it became clear that I had the pictures . |
| 18 | ‘ Do not deal with people who come knocking on your door asking if they can do work or sell you goods or services , unless you are sure what you are getting into , ’ says a Gwynedd Trading Standards leaflet . |
| 19 | The race , over a gruelling hundred-mile-long course was won last year by a team from Hereford … we 'll be asking if they can row their raft to victory once again . |
| 20 | I was thinking if they would charge me fifteen , |