Example sentences of "and [verb] whether [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When the wall was breached in November 1989 , ’ Pischel says , ‘ I went to the company to say thank you , and asked whether they would take me back . ’ |
| 2 | The day before contracts were due to be exchanged , the vendor phoned me and asked whether we could keep on his current lodger who was a student and about to take his final exams . |
| 3 | With that background , John went to Peggy van Praagh , ballet mistress of the young company , and asked whether he could have the vacant post provided that he could manage those lifts . |
| 4 | I did n't know that until Ben phoned this week and asked whether he could come over . ’ |
| 5 | She insisted on a cab to the conference centre where the dance was being held , and when they arrived escape came in the figure of a party agent , who quickly took Hyacinth to one side , and asked whether she would like to start the dancing . |
| 6 | To do that , it is right to examine people 's incomes and to see whether they can afford the tax . |
| 7 | And so when you 're pushing pressing on that squashing it and making it flow into sheets the pulling on it and seeing whether it will stretch or whether it . |
| 8 | Management consultants are not quite in the American lawyer category when it comes to vilification , but they attract their fair share ( well almost … ) : the Financial Times defines a management consultant as someone who sees something working in practice and wonders whether it will work in theory … |
| 9 | Oh , I 'll have to see wh she 's going to ring me this afternoon and say whether they can do it in the S C R. I 'm gon na try and persuade her that they can , because there are only forty people at this dinner and they 'll look stupid in the middle of the dining hall . |
| 10 | Let intuition take over and see whether you can find some promising lines , passing through several of these points . |
| 11 | Let's go on and see whether you can pick it up . |
| 12 | But if you see the top man around the business you are able to look him in the eye and tell whether you can trust him or not . |
| 13 | Send the answer on a postcard to : Do n't forget to include your name and address , and state whether you 'd prefer vinyl/cassette/CD , you picky gits . |
| 14 | If the hon. Gentleman were interested in patient care , instead of opposing NHS trust proposals in principle , he would look at the merits of the proposals and decide whether they should go ahead on the basis of the interests of patient care — and that is precisely what my right hon. Friend will do . |
| 15 | If you think you might be interested please turn to page 5 for the ‘ job descriptions ’ and decide whether you would enjoy either of the jobs . |
| 16 | Relate this to what you already do in the classroom and decide whether it will help you do any of these things better , save you time , or make the learning process more enjoyable for your students . |
| 17 | In June 1960 he went so far as to write to Ashby himself — by then Sir Eric and the Master of Clare College , Cambridge — setting out the case and asking whether he would make personal representations to the Minister to secure unilateral treatment for the Eastern District . |
| 18 | So the next morning he went to the train station and thought whether he should pay the fare or not to go to London . |
| 19 | It is their very familiarity which forces us to take them seriously , and to ask whether we can rescue their theology or not . |
| 20 | Spending departments were to carry out reviews of programmes by questioning existing commitments and to ask whether they should exist at all and not only how they should be carried out ( see Pliatzky , 1982 , p. 99 ) . |
| 21 | I 'll telephone them tomorrow and see whether we can sort something out . |
| 22 | So again we 're going to come back to several themes in a fairly repetitive way , and we — do n't forgive us for this if you do n't like it , but we 're certainly going to talk about certain things again and again and again , but what it really comes down to , is ‘ Learn what the media 's all about , learn what they want , learn what you can provide , see whether you can match this , in a sense , and see whether you can make it work to your advantage ’ . |
| 23 | Adapt the best of your practice to the benefit of the experience and see whether you can combine the two successfully . |
| 24 | Will you please try and act it out like we did the Twelfth Night the bit with Mrs , and see whether you can revive your idea of why Johnson , what is the nature of , of Johnson 's comic art . |
| 25 | Ask yourself whether the other facts are consistent with this explanation , and see whether you can come up with a pattern of events which makes sense in terms of ordinary human nature . |
| 26 | But I would be grateful if you would keep them to yourself And I 'd like you to have a look at the blotter and see whether you can remember what it looked like on Monday . |
| 27 | Now he would take things much further and see whether he could translate Ebert 's restlessness into something more useful . |
| 28 | If he does it 'll be interesting to see whether or not he might be the player to come in and take Gary 's place and see whether he can strike up a partnership with . |
| 29 | If he finds the food provided difficult to eat , ask the dietitian for advice and check whether you can take in food your child will enjoy . |
| 30 | The first time he tried it , with elastic supports round his wrists , Anne Heaton was terrified and wondered whether she would live to tell the tale , but it worked . |