Example sentences of "[vb past] if [pers pn] [vb mod] use " in BNC.
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| 1 | He quickly wrote to London to apologise , and asked if he might use Dr. Watt 's " Short View of the Whole Scripture History " , asserting that " the author was a Dissenter , and the introduction of it into the School is not likely to create any fresh difficulty " . |
| 2 | He came to our house and knocked on the door and asked if he could use the toilet , because it was a good way of getting in . |
| 3 | Duncan , seeing that there was no phone-extension in the room , asked if he could use the manager 's . |
| 4 | yeah , I 'm going to go back into my bedroom and Neil can still use the ensuite shower cos he 's got the tip of the idea that he 's got to come in clothed and knock on the door cos last time I was in my bedroom he asked if he could use the shower , situation he 'd you know , and I 'd let him after all , it 's not as though my be , there 's a door between my bedroom and the |
| 5 | One day the married niece asked if she could use Auntie 's old sewing-machine to run up some curtains : her own machine had broken down . |
| 6 | The thief called at the house on east Merseyside with another woman and a man , and asked if she could use the toilet . |
| 7 | The thief called at the house on east Merseyside with another woman and a man , and asked if she could use the toilet . |
| 8 | She asked if she could use the toilet , claiming their car had broken down . |