Example sentences of "[vb past] if we [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked if we might photograph the chest in that setting for publicity purposes . |
| 2 | I asked if we might agree that ICI cares , is committed to reducing any harmful impact of its processes and is demonstrating its ‘ greenery ’ by building new plant to the highest environmental standards . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ ? |
| 5 | I know Steve asked if we could go back to Thursdays cos he ca n't make a Wednesday night . |
| 6 | She asked if we could meet . |
| 7 | The boys asked if we could pay them some ‘ small money ’ to buy pens for schools . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The treasurer asked if we could make an early start to the meetings eight P M prompt . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ American House and Gardens came to photograph the house and asked if we could provide 350 of these plates for their best advertisers . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Frank Worthington had been due one and he asked if we could have a joint game . |
| 14 | She asked if we 'd go over there for tea this afternoon ! |
| 15 | and Joan came over she came over about a week or so after , not , not much more than a week , and she sat there and she said oh well yeah I 'll have one of your , he asked if we 'd like a sweet , she said yeah I 'll have one dad . |
| 16 | Oh yes , yes it did yes er I do n't know whether it made us get more idle or what but erm the hours we used to work and erm I , I never had a sitting-down job I was standing all the while , and I only went if we could sort the keys out you know , we were lucky if we could sort them out to put the keys ready for packing you see , everybody wanted that job . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought if we could get their nature thing together with your Alps thing , we might both do ourselves a bit of good . |
| 18 | Er well she can work on these but she just thought if we could get some more up to date ones . |
| 19 | well we thought if we could get that done |
| 20 | ‘ You said if we can pull the stones out . |
| 21 | Of course , this alone did n't meet the cost of the hats or the debt owing , but she said if we could find a buyer for such as this it would , in a way , alleviate some of the debt … ’ |
| 22 | Anyway , to cut a long story short , she wondered if we would like to take payment in part with one or two garments . |
| 23 | George recognised his cue and took it up , ‘ We wondered if we might see the pictures and the tack . |
| 24 | ‘ I wondered if we could talk . ’ |
| 25 | at the cost of single glazing and our price is usually by fifty percent cheaper than the bigger national companies because we do n't advertise and we 're a trade com company and I wondered if we could offer you a free quotation , no obligation whatsoever to buy ? |
| 26 | ‘ I just wondered if we could invite some of these sisters down to Leighton . |
| 27 | I mean , we heard that if we 'd come here before , you might have given us money , and we wondered if we could have it in retrospect . |
| 28 | The only one I would mention Chairman is not strictly accurate , we all did , lots of us anyway , the , the British Legion service on Sunday at the church and I just wondered if we could agree to send a letter to the president cos once again a lot of effort and time and organization went into it and I thought it was an excellent occasion and I think he might appreciate |
| 29 | Then she phoned back about ten minutes later and she said wondered if we could come at eleven o'clock in the morning . |
| 30 | wondered if we could get some money from the Students |