Example sentences of "if i could [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I could reach the peg perhaps we could complete this amazing alpine climb ? |
| 2 | I certainly still dream about cichlids I would like to own , and I wondered briefly if I could blue the lot on fish . |
| 3 | And er if I could do the job , I could have it . |
| 4 | The three weeks that I was in the scheme for — they trained me to see if I could do the job properly , they were able to see what I 'd be like when I was doing the job . |
| 5 | Do n't know if I could do the electric one definitely Guess that 's about whether the I 'd like one of them , one of them and yeah but we do n't know when it can be delivered , so we ca n't do it that early you ca n't say yeah but but er we 'll let you know , well we can so it 's there that 's what we wish , they 'd the bills go and we 'll let you know when you can be the keys can be available for you to put it in . |
| 6 | I blurted out , ‘ Doctor Reid , could I try to see if I could stop the disease without using splints or operating ? ’ |
| 7 | They have many caring initiatives and erm they 've been to York and they 've erm had marriage seminars er and they do an hel help with parenting er I just wonder if I could give the address of this so if anyone is interested |
| 8 | I did n't want to become embroiled in yet another discussion of office politics and personalities , but there was one question I wanted to ask , if I could prevent the words slurring round my mouth . |
| 9 | But the final thing that happened , if I could draw the point , Chair , is that in the , in the report on the budget strategy ninety four , five , the Policy and Resources Committee on Friday , paragraph thirty five says no provision has been made for the Council 's contributions into the European objective five B programme , much of this will be , but some hundred and twenty five thousand pounds of revenue spending per annum is likely to be , is likely to required to match European and other partners ' contributions . |
| 10 | I suppose I could if I could pull the machine out and were , were the pipe goes over into the waste I mean people do that in the Isle of Wight are n't they , were they 've got to , need |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't want to work in a shop or a bank so I wrote to my local radio station , West Sound , asking if I could make the tea . ’ |
| 12 | I got involved because his family live some way away and they asked me if I could make the arrangements , sort things out until they got there . |
| 13 | I was just wondering if I could change the timetable of my visit but it is n't important … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll take my coach , Mr Wood , ’ he announced , ‘ but if I could leave the plate and linen here I shall be obliged to you . |
| 15 | After several months on the island , I asked if I could visit the country underneath us . |
| 16 | ‘ No , I doubt if I could pass the exams . ’ |
| 17 | I ran to see if I could help the traveller , who was swearing furiously as he pulled himself free of his horse . |
| 18 | And if I could enjoy the dream , how much easier for those who were born in Israel or Lebanon or Palestine — or for those who wished to live in the land that was Palestine — to believe in it . |
| 19 | I asked if I could see the screenplay on which the film was now based . |
| 20 | I asked if I could see the people who 'd brought me in and after a few minutes , Bunny and Rayleen appeared at the bedside . |
| 21 | If I could see the one-eyed god down there now I 'd lean out of the window and tell it everything . |
| 22 | We can all think of the favourites , and if I could get the Pope , Frank Sinatra and the Queen I 'd book them tomorrow . |
| 23 | If I could produce the same effect on other people as Louis Armstrong does with that song , then I 'd be really happy . |
| 24 | If I could find the River , I could ford it somehow , thought Fergus , his mind tumbling now with ideas and plans , and with half-forgotten memories . |
| 25 | It 's so utterly impossible — even if I could overcome the physical thing , how could I ever look in any way but down on him ? |
| 26 | If I could artex the wood , it 's a lot easier cos all you 've got ta do is just scrape it and leave it . |
| 27 | It er they 'd had a fire there and they wanted to know if I could replace the lock . |
| 28 | Sir if I could complete the er arithmetic , I think it would be helpful , if you were to look again at the single page note that was handed on this morning . |
| 29 | If I could remember the third one , we 'd get another point would n't we ? |
| 30 | If I could remember the name of the third wise man . |