Example sentences of "if [pers pn] should [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I should miss any , I shall write to the hon. Members concerned as soon as possible — if possible , before the commencement of the Committee stage so that any information that I can give may be used in Committee . |
| 2 | I feel too tired to sleep so I play some Despot when I get home but my heart 's not in it and the Empire is still in a tattered-looking state after all the earlier disasters and I 'm almost wondering if I should start again but that would mean going back to the fucking dawn of civilisation and the temptation in Despot is always to swap PoV , which people who do n't know the game always think sounds sort of innocent , like some detail , but it is n't : you 're not just swapping point of View , you 're swapping your current Despotic power Level for something less , even if it 's a regional lord or other king or a general or royal relation close to the throne , and it is not to be done lightly because as soon as you renounce the current Despot 's PoV the computer takes over and it 's a smart fucking piece of software . |
| 3 | I wondered if I should wake you up . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't know if I should wake you . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I wondered what he would say if I should remark that just outside the right-hand frame there lay a disused water wheel , and that the low wall of the ruined house had a hollow place where it was comfortable to sit , shaded by what remained of the pigeon tower . |
| 7 | ‘ I asked him if I should finish my dissertation . |
| 8 | But I wondered if I should finish the work . |
| 9 | I do n't know , I wonder if I should explain it |
| 10 | Q Please cold you tell if I should do anything else other than wash earthworms before feeding them to my fish ? |
| 11 | I wondered if I should tell him this , and decided he might not think it funny . |
| 12 | If I should tell at a tea table in London , that I have crossed the Atlantick in an open boat , how they 'd shudder , and what a fool they 'd think me to expose myself to such danger . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , then I do n't know if I should tell you . ’ |
| 14 | The low style is surely recalled by the colloquial " " Hé " " given to God and St Peter as noted above , and the high by the description of the young wife in Les Trois Boçus : ( a beautiful girl So beautiful that she was a delight And if I should tell you the truth I do not think that Nature ever made Any more beautiful creature . ) |
| 15 | If I should wander into the uncharted minefield of personal opinion it is only with the benefit of hindsight . |
| 16 | I wondered if I should continue working with Joe in a plain , honest way of life , and perhaps marry Biddy . |
| 17 | Celia hesitated and then plunged on : ‘ I do n't know if I should mention this , but Yorick was very upset that Ivor was n't there . |
| 18 | And if I should change my mind and find the abbey not to my liking , or if Joan returns and it becomes expedient to resume our true identities , then so be it . |
| 19 | The shop on the corner sells string — I know cos I seen it — so I ask if I should go and buy some . |
| 20 | I du n no what 's best — you know , if I should go out or stay here . |
| 21 | If I should plant a tiny seed of love |
| 22 | If I should plant a tiny seed of love |
| 23 | I wonder if I should talk to him about it ? |
| 24 | ‘ I — I mean , just in case … if I should need … anything . ’ |
| 25 | If I should die , I leave my possessions to Charity , except any documents whatsoever that relate to Emor , which I leave to my friend Peter Redburn . |
| 26 | ‘ No ‘ If I should die think only this of me ’ or Sassoon and Owen and Thomas with their beautiful bitterness but ‘ I have measured out my life in coffee spoons ’ . |
| 27 | Was it because of my ‘ game with fate ’ , Leon inheriting Sleet if I should die ? |
| 28 | [ I was ] so oppressed by a sense of sin that I felt almost as if I should die ! |
| 29 | There is a new hardback simultaneously ( If I Should Die ) . |
| 30 | If I should die before the rest of you |