Example sentences of "[vb pp] if [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should be obliged if you would now take the appropriate steps to have the recoveries examined or alternatively to authorise their return . |
| 2 | He said that he would publish the book without a single alteration and that he would be obliged if I would kindly call him to discuss details . |
| 3 | Often a debilitated fish could be saved if it could just be persuaded to feed — perhaps such formulations have a role to play . |
| 4 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 5 | If we 'd have used if we 'd so that was hydrogen chloride makes the chlorides . |
| 6 | Seven thousand injuries and many of these could be avoided if we will only take reasonable and proper precautions that we should do . |
| 7 | Imagine the concentration needed if you could fully understand only one person at a time , the person you could see . |
| 8 | They had parted in a friendly enough way , promising to see each other from time to time , but Jenna very much doubted if it would ever happen . |
| 9 | ( This is no doubt in some way concerned with the employee 's honesty. ) 2 The nature of the information itself Information will only be protected if it can properly be classed as a business secret or as material which , while not properly described as a business secret is , in all the circumstances , of such a highly confidential nature as to require the same protection as a business secret eo nomine . |
| 10 | When those surveyed were asked if they would definitely vote , the Conservatives were two points ahead , with 40 per cent compared to 38 for Labour and 19½ for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 11 | Erm I went into residential social work first , erm but that was after twenty years of teaching erm in various parts of the country , I was in , Bradford , and then I spent seven years in Africa , where I also erm was a teacher , and when I came back from Africa , I was asked if I would just replace someone that was going on a course , in a residential er the mother and baby home it was actually . |
| 12 | I think the best conclusion would have happened if they 'd just let it happen , rather than trying to force the issue on April the nineteenth . |
| 13 | Some of the problems of unintended damage to other systems could be eliminated if we could selectively destroy only certain parts of nerve cells , like their axons or their cell bodies . |
| 14 | Such educated guesswork can be eliminated if you can actually see the fish in the first place . |
| 15 | His next letter produced this bombshell — something new out of Africa indeed : ‘ I 've often wondered if I 'd ever actually have to write this … |
| 16 | For so long he had wondered if he would ever walk abroad again . |