Example sentences of "see if they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's good see if they 'll fit . |
| 2 | See if they 'll pay it , he was gon na get back to me today . |
| 3 | Yeah right so go down and see him , and then go over to that place near Red Row and see if they 'll cut that wood for you we can see it 's just gone half past two now , I want a ball game on the fence post |
| 4 | Now she felt the need to be alone for a while in order to look over her notes and see if they would help her in her plans for the future . |
| 5 | Would Sara and Mr. Preston come down to the police station and see if they could identify the men ? |
| 6 | I suggested that they might look at smaller numbers of buttons , and see if they could spot how the number of ways of pressing them was growing . |
| 7 | Harry and Fleury conferred about this problem and decided that they would club together and see if they could afford to buy some hermetically sealed provisions when there was an auction , though with the prices that food fetched now in private barter they were not very hopeful . |
| 8 | still had no prospects of employment and I do n't think er , er my parents had any erm particular ideas and my father who worked for erm Roads and Bridges Department was speaking to the Chief Clerk at that time , that was , er , his name was in fact and erm he was a very sympathetic character and er he said he 'd have a word with erm with somebody in the County Council and erm see if they could find me employment as a typist and erm using the argument of course that the Education Department had up to that time at the R N C erm paid the balance of the fees for my course , erm I could just mention to you that the scholarship was worth forty pounds a year fee . |
| 9 | They 'll improve on it , or they might adapt it , see if they can change it in some way in that case , and they 'll act in a cohesive way . |
| 10 | Er , what companies can do , or should seek to do , is of course , see if they can manage round those tensions as well , but it takes a very long time to do that . |
| 11 | ‘ Miss Hatherby says that she can write to the principal of her college when I 'm in the sixth form and see if they can give me a place , ’ Constance said casually when they were sitting on the lawn one afternoon . |
| 12 | I 'll give the Salvation Army a ring and see if they can help you . |
| 13 | Call your friends and see if they can put you up for the night . |
| 14 | ‘ Phone the agencies , will you , and see if they can come up with someone , just in case ? ’ |
| 15 | I think they were about a hundred and fifty to one I 'm standing see if they can win the league . |
| 16 | See if that , see if they can get some of that beer , or whatever 's |
| 17 | See if they can deal with their own fears and frailties , as it were . |
| 18 | And I also hoping to contact the Parent Teacher Association , of the schools that the hospital will service , and see if they will sell the books at their stall as well because it 's all to benefit hospitals , you see . |
| 19 | Erm what I 'll do actually seeing as I 'm I get easy access to the town centre is I will go in there and see if they will agree to it , and if they wo n't |