Example sentences of "if he [modal v] do " in BNC.

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1 He asked Karloff , who was on the payroll for another three days , if he would do it .
2 I watched it done before , once , as a student , and it turned my stomach , and it was very distressing to me , and in the end Carrington was going to die , and he did die , but I asked him if he would do it my way .
3 At Glasgow Cross , near the famous steeple , I gave him a knowing wink , shook his hand , and advised him to go straight home ( as if he would do otherwise ) .
4 A hotel spokeswoman said : ‘ He booked in his family and we asked if he would do a turn . ’
5 ‘ We all thought that if he would do it , it would be a wonderful idea , ’ said Shaffer .
6 When the police asked if he would do it again Ninham admitted he would .
7 ‘ Danzig ’ , called my mum , as I disappeared into the house , ‘ looked as if he might do it .
8 Let me borrow your coat a minute , I jus , I do n't know if he 'll do it , he usually does it if you 're wearing something like that coat .
9 No I doubt if he 'd do that .
10 If he can do it in the Baltic lands , he can do it elsewhere .
11 ‘ Cantona is a sensitive man who needs to be told he is doing well , even if he can do better .
12 I can ask him if he can do something to help the nomes in the quarry .
13 Should be a good trick if he can do it
14 Sometimes new tooling and equipment er and as I said before , a craftsman always looks to see if he can do a particular job better , if not somewhat easier er than hitherto .
15 If he does , then the seller is at liberty , if he can do so , to re-tender goods which comply with the contract .
16 ‘ If they previously became aware of somebody doing something he should n't , like dealing with an unauthorised supplier , they might ask themselves , ‘ If he can do it , why ca n't I ? ’ .
17 The opportunistic seller will selectively reveal and distort information , even provide false information , if he can do so without later penalty .
18 ‘ I saw Michael playing Horatio in Hamlet and thought ‘ If he can do it , so can I. ’
19 ‘ I saw Michael playing Horatio in Hamlet and thought ‘ If he can do it , so can I. ’
20 But the time must be at hand to see if he can do for Scotland what he is doing for Celtic , and not simply because of injury to others .
21 Yeah but if we can get him onto the computer system he 'll do two days a week if he can do it
22 If he can do what he 's done with Everton 's rejects , why not give him the whole lot ?
23 and see if he can do something , well he 's in the , that , I should imagine he knows what they can earn and what they ca n't earn .
24 Well I 've got , I I 'm going to take a , see if he can do something about this cough , cos it 's driving me mad !
25 if he can do it , ai n't that awful education then ?
26 ‘ I was trying to find Jonathan Webb , the Bath full-back , to see if he could do some quick cosmetic surgery , ’ said the ever-cheerful Moon .
27 It happened that one of the doctors practised hypnosis , and the sister of the ward concerned approached him and asked him if he could do anything to calm this patient who was disrupting the ward routine and upsetting the nurses .
28 Mind you , it would be more comforting if he could do the same with those who are a dozen years younger than he is .
29 John Bellany , whose Chinatown is among the most familiar of the scheme , received so much publicity from it that he came back to London Underground to ask if he could do another .
30 He looked as if he could do with one . ’
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