Example sentences of "if i [vb mod] [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My lord , if I may speak for Shrewsbury , both abbey and town , I must tell you how grateful we are that Saint Winifred fell into such noble hands as yours . |
| 2 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 3 | If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon . |
| 4 | That 's including Chippingfield if you had seen it as we saw it when we came here you would recognise how much work has gone into building the town because I was on the the council then I was asked if I would stand for the council which was then only a parish council there was no urban district council that was n't formed for four or five years afterwards and of course , we had to fight for lights everything that , er that we needed we had to fight for because there was no lighting on Netteswell Road where our children were going to school , and there were little ones . |
| 5 | She came to me one day and asked me if I would stand for the council , which I did . |
| 6 | I dreaded to discover just what symptom of drug dependency I was witnessing , and wondered if I should shout for the big Jackson Chatterton to come and rescue me , but then Rickie turned his terrified gaze on to me . |
| 7 | His saying was " If I can work for 1 Yard an hour I can walk for 1 1/2d an hour . |
| 8 | The second planning policy guidance note which erm the new settlement tracked as was the policy guidance note number twelve , and I wonder if I can grapple for a moment with the S word , sustainable . |
| 9 | Just to answer some of the queries and comments that perhaps with Mr on the er problems of consultation , which we do accept , and they 're , if I can apologize for the coverage of the leaflet . |
| 10 | And if I will kill for you , my dallta , will I not lie for you also , to make your heart clear again ? |
| 11 | Sandy was going to the US and I asked if I could carry for him the next year , but everybody was asking so I did n't get very far . |
| 12 | I thought , if I could go for a hybrid of these two , and get comedians to come in and sit with deadpan expressions , I might have something interesting on my hands . |
| 13 | He asked me if I could arrange for somebody thoroughly trustworthy to visit the premises , telling me that he had given the key to a neighbour . |
| 14 | I wondered if I could arrange for the wreck to be taken back — er — back home . |
| 15 | I asked if I could wait for Frankie but Mum , who I 'd thought was asleep , piped up at that . |
| 16 | I pointed out that it would be difficult to find a moment out of time , even if I could wait for it , and could she find someone who would know ? |