Example sentences of "[vb past] if [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt like telling the old folk it was not New Year 's Eve , but he doubted if they would believe him . |
| 2 | If it were to come to a physical fight with Nutty McTavish he doubted if he would win , for she was a formidable thirteen-year-old with a fighting spirit unmatched by any of her male counterparts in the class . |
| 3 | He doubted if the authorities represented by Merymose and Kenamun would pay him as much as Reni or Ipuky would have ; and he doubted if he would receive any reward at all if he were unsuccessful . |
| 4 | which I asked if they would stay , but they altogether refused , and seeing that they refused I did not hinder them to go , for I will press no man . |
| 5 | finished , so I asked if they would help me to sort out the erm |
| 6 | One morning a carter and his son were delivering a load of firewood and Grandmother asked if they would like a slice of pudding before they left . |
| 7 | He stood up slowly , asked if they would like coffee , made his way out of the room when they accepted the offer . |
| 8 | Women on the way to FAMILY 'S housework classes would be stopped by feminists and asked if they would like to do karate or woodwork instead ; new fiancées would receive congratulatory cards in the post , enclosing leaflets outlining the legal rights of wives , while their startled boyfriends got anonymous warnings to behave . |
| 9 | ‘ You must be joking , ’ a Russian friend said when I asked if he would watch the May Day parade on television . |
| 10 | The next day she went back to Branson and asked if he would renegotiate along the lines of the original Virgin proposition , for an 85–15 split in the shareholding . |
| 11 | A hotel spokeswoman said : ‘ He booked in his family and we asked if he would do a turn . ’ |
| 12 | When the police asked if he would do it again Ninham admitted he would . |
| 13 | I met him two or three years later when I asked if he would make me a dress for the March of Dimes , using some peony pink silk that Winston brought back from China . |
| 14 | I asked if he would swear a statement to this effect if it were necessary . |
| 15 | ‘ Anyway , we remained friends , and when he decided to come down here and start his practice I asked if he would take me on as a pupil veterinary nurse . |
| 16 | ‘ Remembering her back door was unlocked she asked if he would climb her wall and let her in , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 17 | Guy 's parents asked if he would live , and were told that he would , but that the doctors would not know how much brain damage he might have suffered until he came out of the coma and regained consciousness . |
| 18 | Tony was teaching Maureen to drive and Anne asked if he would teach her too . |
| 19 | I asked if he would like a coffee , or to be taken home , but he could only shake his head . |
| 20 | He hummed and sounded quite at ease , so Fred asked if he would like the record . |
| 21 | She poured a glass of Perrier water for herself and asked if he would like to smoke some pot . |
| 22 | He asked if I would advise him to send for Henderson , I said ‘ No ’ , which he said relieved him . |
| 23 | He asked if I would advise him to send for Henderson . |
| 24 | My father , , who retired from two years ago , asked if I would visit a fellow pensioner — . |
| 25 | On a night in early winter , one of those wild exciting nights with a brilliant moon sliding in and out of the racing clouds , Mrs Browning rang , and asked if I would go down . |
| 26 | Then — this was the really weird part — he asked if I would stay the night round there . |
| 27 | I greeted the first man to approach the car in my broken French and to my surprise , he asked if I would prefer to continue the conversation in English . |
| 28 | He asked if I would do this play , and I agreed . ’ |
| 29 | I could hardly speak , I told him it was fantastic , he asked if I would do it again . |
| 30 | Then she asked if I would consider returning home with someone living in to look after me . |