Example sentences of "if [pron] [modal v] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would n't be so bad if he 'd gone off with a beauty , but I 'm damned if I 'll form part of a collection which includes someone bandy . ’ |
| 2 | And what is more , I 'll give it or not as I please ; and I 'll be buggered if I 'll ask permission of some pushy little perisher before I do so . ’ |
| 3 | " I have wondered if I ought to leave Mummy . |
| 4 | However , decided to leave the group , so Mr Hooper asked me if I would play keyboard . |
| 5 | Then she asked me if I would have ice in it . |
| 6 | By this time David had started up the Arts Lab and asked me if I would teach street theatre and improvisation there , so I was destined to go to Beckenham . ’ |
| 7 | It points to truth which has become wisdom born of experience : This is Rolle 's version of 1 Corinthians 13:2 : And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries , and all knowledge , and if I should have all faith , so that I could remove mountains , and have not charity , I am nothing . |
| 8 | I think I could probably send a return on Tuesday erm but I 'd rather wait because if I can send stuff properly done rather than you know done to the latest or or the the pre-latest system then I will . |
| 9 | If I can explain inflation which included in the budget at this stage is inflation between November ninety two and November ninety three , so inflation from today if you like er or last November , through to the end of the year , that is provided for in the central contingency of the authority and as pay awards are awarded the money we drawn down from that into the planning committee so the amount there would one point five percent of pay and four point two percent from general commission , that 's reflecting inflation that 's already happening and is up last year 's budget to the position today if you like so one point five percent of pay was the A P T C award for July ninety two , sorry ninety three and we 're not anticipating here what the pay award will be for the coming year , that is dealt with centrally . |
| 10 | But she do n't ask me where nothing is , she just asks me if I can spare lOp . |
| 11 | Want to see if I can spot Miss and Victor . |
| 12 | The commentary could include traffic conditions , weather conditions , positions of the other competitors , road surface problems and any on-going events ; if I can borrow equipment for monitoring heart-rate etc , this could emphasise the health side of cycling . |
| 13 | ‘ If I can borrow transport I 'll go and get some . ’ |
| 14 | Er I do n't know if I can give xylophone cat , it 's a good erm |
| 15 | If I can do table tennis and Scottish country dancing , nothing wo n't get me away from that . |
| 16 | Yeah I 'll ask mum if I can miss school on Friday |
| 17 | Well , I doubt if I have a single drop of aristocratic blood in my veins , but I certainly plan to seek an invitation to enjoy those grounds if I can win permission for a search . |
| 18 | the actual I 'll looking up see if I can see mother Are quakes stronger on the moon than on the earth ? |
| 19 | If I can get hold of the erm the name If I can remember the name . |
| 20 | Good I 'm pleased about that , so I did n't really want somebody coming all the way down from the West End cos I 'm I , I 'm what I would call a buyer , I 'm only going to be a buyer if I can get money from somewhere that I do n't know you know what I mean . |
| 21 | Er if I can get date . |
| 22 | Well this woman came round last night and asked if I 'd take part . |
| 23 | I do n't know if anybody would ever give me work or if I 'd find time to do it . |
| 24 | " If I could do something- " |
| 25 | This is precisely what he had been attempting in " The Dry Salvages " , for example , and it is significant that he used much the same phrase in his demand that contemporary poetry should have such a strong relationship to current speech that " the listener or reader can say " that is how I should talk if I could talk poetry " . |
| 26 | If I could speak French like François Mitterrand I probably would n't have the empathy I do for young horses . |
| 27 | I had to know if I could put life into it . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , it might be , if I could get hold of him . |
| 29 | If I could get hold of him , I 'd kill him . |
| 30 | The boy 's father , Gavin Lodge , said : If I could get hold of these idiots they would n't sit down for a week . ’ |