Example sentences of "if he [modal v] just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted him not there , but at least if he would just stop , just for a minute , and say something to her . |
| 2 | She would tell him anything he wanted to know if he would just let go of her , let her get away from him . |
| 3 | Now if he 'd just take cover and place some well-aimed bursts with his blaster … |
| 4 | I 'm not hoping for a shell-casing , you know , but if he 'd just get a fucking nose-bleed or something , I 'd be a happy man . ’ |
| 5 | Slowly he shakes his head , as if he 'd just read my school report . |
| 6 | ‘ If he can just pop off like that … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes when I take him to the local toddler group and watch him playing with the other children , I think it would be great if he could just feel the sand in the sandpit between his toes and know what it 's like to get his hands all messed up with play dough or paint — the things other children take for granted . ’ |
| 8 | Because this is what he always felt after his father died — that if he could just speak to him now , he could really open his heart and say everything , without feeling that strange mute on his vocal chords . |
| 9 | If he could just reach it … |
| 10 | And Karen last weekend , after you were sitting for them suddenly took ill on the Saturday I think , and Sheila was n't in any great shape , so he went back home er , from the office an over his lunch hour to see if he could just go and lend a hand , ge generally help out over his lunch hour . |
| 11 | ‘ Socialistic ’ rather than socialist , he tells himself he would belong to a political party if he could just find the right one to join . |
| 12 | Jennifer could you ask Mr if he could just pop in and see me a minute . |
| 13 | How great an attraction , he accurately predicted , would the betcherrygah prove in the parlours and drawing-rooms of the great British gentry , if he could just get it home alive . |