Example sentences of "if he [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 if he let's join in the K , you , your lad had the same problem as I with John .
2 It so happened that directors of the railway company who were house guests overheard this conversation and subsequently asked him if he would appear before the board and tell the story of his journey and travelling companion .
3 Mr Clark refused to say if he would appear before the judicial review .
4 Was Lucie tempting him , to see if he would sin , like King David in the Bible who danced and sang in church ?
5 He sought her out with his hands but she pushed him away as if he would hurt her and no reassurance satisfied her .
6 I asked if he would swear a statement to this effect if it were necessary .
7 Finally Richard , in the hearing of all , asked his father if he would recognize him as his heir .
8 His arms tightened as if he would absorb her completely , grinding her into himself in a desperate assuagement of an age-old hunger .
9 Lest anyone be misled , I should be grateful if he would confirm that .
10 But Mr Brazier gave an unhesitating ‘ yes ’ when asked if he would go through the experience again .
11 If he would go around pinching other people 's food !
12 Sometimes she wished Will would not write to her at all , if he would send no messages to Daniel .
13 When Fields persevered , Branson told his assistant Penni Pike to ask him if he would send ‘ something on paper ’ .
14 He treated her as if he would love and defend her under any circumstances .
15 No one could say for sure if Robert of Gloucester would support Stephen , or if he would remain in Normandy to throw the considerable weight of his position , wealth and experience behind his half-sister .
16 And she had to admit to herself that she was also faintly , dimly , desirably worried , for she could not tell when or if he would stop .
17 His hands gripped the wheel with what she took to be more than necessary strength and he looked as if he would stop , spring out and grip her neck with equal intensity .
18 She asked him if he would lift the bicycle over a stile for her , she not having realized there was a stile to be crossed when she had embarked over the fields by herself .
19 A few days earlier , I remember asking him if he would collect the wines from the cellar for that evening 's function .
20 Asked if he would bring in anyone from LACMA , Mr Powell said , ‘ I do n't think you 're going to see a caravan from Los Angeles ’ .
21 ‘ You must be joking , ’ a Russian friend said when I asked if he would watch the May Day parade on television .
22 It seemed as if he would answer it before it rang and we 'd arrange to go out . ’
23 I initially approached the Vice Chairman of our Brecknock Branch , Morlais Owens , to see if he would represent CPRW on the forum .
24 She wondered if he would tell Juliette of their visit to the refuge .
25 Lawrence Woodward , director of Elm Farm Research Centre , a small newly formed charity set up to research and develop organic agriculture , wrote to Prince Charles asking if he would speak at the first organic food conference to be held in Cirencester in January 1983 .
26 Odd-Knut did not know if he would break trail .
27 He wondered if he would feel her mouth against his again , but she turned away with a brief wave .
28 David had n't been on duty at the factory that afternoon and Rachel had wondered if he would suggest picking her up from her flat and taking her to the hospital , but he had n't , and his failure to do so only emphasised the coolness that was rapidly growing between them .
29 In describing the negotiations for Æthelred 's return from exile in 1014 , this says that the king was informed that no lord was dearer to them than their native lord , if he would govern them more justly ( rihtlicor ) than before , and that he then promised to remedy the things that they all hated .
30 94 , the plaintiff , a seaman , claimed that the defendant , the captain of his ship , had promised him five guineas over and above his ordinary wages if he would perform some extra work in navigating the ship , the promise having been made , when the ship was in danger , to induce the seamen to exert themselves .
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