Example sentences of "[vb past] if [pers pn] [vb mod] [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 | It still appeared deserted Their excitement was such that he doubted if they could stop now even if the gamekeeper did appear . |
| 3 | Despite her threat she doubted if she could summon up enough voice to scream . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Even eighteen months ago he said that he doubted if he could give enough time and energy to securing a World Cup place . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In fact , had he four Mohammed Ali arms I doubted if he 'd know what to do with a paintbrush , or with a toothbrush for that matter . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I never tried if I could help |
| 11 | Some of them use super P C K and some of them use Smart Drive and buggered if I can tell the difference . |
| 12 | I asked if we might photograph the chest in that setting for publicity purposes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ’ ? |
| 16 | I know Steve asked if we could go back to Thursdays cos he ca n't make a Wednesday night . |
| 17 | She asked if we could meet . |
| 18 | The boys asked if we could pay them some ‘ small money ’ to buy pens for schools . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The treasurer asked if we could make an early start to the meetings eight P M prompt . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ American House and Gardens came to photograph the house and asked if we could provide 350 of these plates for their best advertisers . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ Frank Worthington had been due one and he asked if we could have a joint game . |
| 25 | She asked if we 'd go over there for tea this afternoon ! |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | " They asked if they might come to see the palais , but they had of course to remain outside in the gardens with their nurse where they can do no damage . " |
| 28 | St Bartholomew 's church at Covenham was declining to the state of danger when a parish in California asked if they might have it and ship it stone by stone to the U.S.A. This caused much controversy for a while but finally it was decided that it should remain and be safely maintained on its original consecrated site . |
| 29 | At a meeting of the Company on 5th November 1491 , called at the request of Thomas Rich in the name of Julian Shaa and the other executors , the Goldsmiths asked if they might have £40 clear : this would allow them to fulfil all their obligations , to have some money spare for repairs and suchlike , and also to appropriate the balance to their own use . |
| 30 | 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 . |