Example sentences of "if he would [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked him if he would lift the bicycle over a stile for her , she not having realized there was a stile to be crossed when she had embarked over the fields by herself . |
| 2 | A few days earlier , I remember asking him if he would collect the wines from the cellar for that evening 's function . |
| 3 | ‘ You must be joking , ’ a Russian friend said when I asked if he would watch the May Day parade on television . |
| 4 | A 68 put Ballesteros safely through to the last two days but a distressed Olazabal , despite a 69 , faced an anxious wait to see if he would make the cut . |
| 5 | The 24-year-old , runner-up in the recent Welsh Amateur Championship , scored his best win to date by two strokes from MacPherson , when at one stage it looked as if he would miss the cut . |
| 6 | Afterwards , the Abbott asked Father Francis if he would grant the boys the rest of the day off . |
| 7 | For a moment he looked as if he would pass the script to Tallis , but he changed his mind . |
| 8 | Fearnley Whittingstall asked the young butcher if he would recognise the man again . |
| 9 | I wondered if he would teach the right things and even if he knew enough himself ! |
| 10 | Lawyers for the families asked the Reporter if he would postpone the start time of the Hearing by one hour , He refused . |
| 11 | Given Hoving 's long-standing jealousy of John Walsh , a former curator in the European paintings department who is now the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum , it is surprising that Walsh does not come in for more snide brickbats than a conversation Hoving cites with Getty , where the eccentric billionaire asks him if he would become the director of his museum . |
| 12 | William Hulbert offered Burghley 100 angels if he would get the post of customer at Bristol transferred to J. Dowlie , who had probably bought it from Hulbert ; Henry Goldingham promised £100 for the post of controller of the customs at Ipswich ; and Herbert Croft wrote that Richard Davis was offering the same amount for a judgeship in Wales . |
| 13 | He hummed and sounded quite at ease , so Fred asked if he would like the record . |
| 14 | There was no point in asking him if he would like the curtains drawn . |
| 15 | Through the summer of 1929 he complained to Dobrée of roasting in the modern city 's horrors ( yet wondered if he would find the country any more bearable ) . |
| 16 | In the early days of their engagement , she volunteered to sleep with Saddam Hussein if he would release the hostages . |
| 17 | He offered a cliff-hanging reply when asked yesterday if he would re-enter the race . |
| 18 | Mr Dinkins was asked if he would follow the example of his predecessor , former Mayor Ed Koch , who planned a dip in a Japanese-style bath together with staff members during a Japan visit . |