Example sentences of "[vb past] if [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It still appeared deserted Their excitement was such that he doubted if they could stop now even if the gamekeeper did appear . |
| 2 | Despite her threat she doubted if she could summon up enough voice to scream . |
| 3 | Even eighteen months ago he said that he doubted if he could give enough time and energy to securing a World Cup place . |
| 4 | But he doubted if he could have stood her voice for a full evening ; it grated on him when she chatted him up over the counter . |
| 5 | He tried how he could bear it by putting his fingers into the lighted candle , so I the other day tried if I could scour a pewter plate . |
| 6 | I never tried if I could help |
| 7 | When we 'd finished I asked if we could wash up and run the errands but she said she 'd already been to the shops with her brother . |
| 8 | How many times had my heart sunk when I asked if we could go somewhere or try something new in our poems and he had answered with the excusing phrase ‘ I guess not ’ ? |
| 9 | I know Steve asked if we could go back to Thursdays cos he ca n't make a Wednesday night . |
| 10 | She asked if we could meet . |
| 11 | The boys asked if we could pay them some ‘ small money ’ to buy pens for schools . |
| 12 | Soaked with it and languid from the heat , with the scent of salt and sand still heavy in my nose , I asked if we could stop at the high slope of grass off Elderberry Road . |
| 13 | The treasurer asked if we could make an early start to the meetings eight P M prompt . |
| 14 | Concelebration Masses were becoming commonplace and Bishop McClean asked if we could provide 52 sets of white Mass vestments for use on important occasions with a particular view to the Diocesan Centenary Celebrations coming in 1978 . |
| 15 | ‘ American House and Gardens came to photograph the house and asked if we could provide 350 of these plates for their best advertisers . |
| 16 | We also asked if we could get the same consultation period because they are breaking it up at the four sites and some sites will get thirty days ' notice others will get the ninety days . |
| 17 | ‘ Frank Worthington had been due one and he asked if we could have a joint game . |
| 18 | Huge hairy warts were stuck on her face and the make-up artists asked if they could cover her facial hair in mascara , giving her an instant moustache . |
| 19 | When I asked if they could make me an identical one trimmed with black fur and beading instead , they were horrified but they agreed in the end . ’ |
| 20 | People we knew asked if they could leave their horse , Shamrock , in one of the fields . |
| 21 | but then they 've got er er said they they asked if they could rent his house off him until they got themselves sorted out . |
| 22 | So when Grandad 's uncle , Richard Tallentire , asked if they could bring Mother up , they agreed to let her go . |
| 23 | I asked if they could give me something for the pain . |
| 24 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
| 25 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 26 | One of two women in the car asked if they could help me . |
| 27 | Roles contacted a local cricket club , told them he wanted to photograph a bowler in action , and asked if they could help . |
| 28 | She asked if they could explore the craft . |
| 29 | At that stage , the partners approached their bankers , NatWest , and asked if they could operate separate bank accounts for each office . |
| 30 | I called my mum and dad and asked if they could take me to the hospital . |