Example sentences of "[vb past] whether [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they had to do without him he would n't be greatly missed , and he doubted whether they would put themselves out to keep him . |
| 2 | They stopped at Antwerp where one evening they got so drunk in a bar that when Minton decided to return to the hotel , Norman followed him as he doubted whether he would find his way . |
| 3 | Ace stuck out her tongue at Daak , who was grinning at her through the shuttle 's front window , but she doubted whether he could see her face inside the suit . |
| 4 | Dauntless doubted whether she could direct her attention upon anything long enough to sustain a sense of faith . |
| 5 | When this act was debated , many doubted whether it would achieve its dual purpose of curbing presidents and giving teeth to the constitutional war power of Congress . |
| 6 | ‘ I hardly knew whether I would find you still here , ’ Benedict had said , catching her on the gallery as she went towards the attic stairs , burdened with a small wooden box containing the contents of Lady Merchiston 's medicine cupboard , Hector at her heels . |
| 7 | When we met in June 1993 we debated whether we should keep everything . |
| 8 | He said that David was getting ready to tour America , but he did n't want normal rock and roll people — he wanted weird , crazy people to be his staff and he asked whether we 'd do it . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | But , of course , Tony did n't like the song , so he asked whether I 'd do it , and that 's how I came to do the record . ’ |
| 11 | Jamie asked whether she could make it slightly later , giving him time to finish an essay that should have been completed during the summer vacation . |
| 12 | The flight was very bumpy indeed , and we really wondered whether we would make it to Chengchow , where we had to make a half-hour stop before continuing our journey . |
| 13 | Having looked forward with anticipation to the Bölkow , I wondered whether I might find it an anticlimax . |
| 14 | The Singh children slept in their underpants , and she wondered whether I could lend her a ‘ night-dress ’ for Ravi and also a sponge . |
| 15 | But I wondered whether I could ask you one or two further questions ? ’ |
| 16 | ’ So I wondered whether it would put you out too much to let her visit with you for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 17 | Nellie seemed to have forgotten everything , even her children , and Liam wondered whether he would get his money back . |
| 18 | They smiled uncertainly at one another and he wondered whether he could kiss her , just on the cheek in a Christmas sort of way . |
| 19 | For an instant , Jimmy wondered whether he should hurl himself at the plate-glass windows . |
| 20 | She thought that once she would have been described as an ‘ old maid ’ and wondered whether she could blame her brothers or if it was all her own fault for being too easy-going . |
| 21 | She wondered whether she could gain his respect by telling him of her d'Urberville blood . |
| 22 | David looked up then and Julia nodded her head in the direction of the drawing room , meaning ( as she knew David would understand ) that she wondered whether she should leave them alone . |
| 23 | Watching him stride away , hurt and humiliated by the shocking scene he had just witnessed , she wondered whether she should tell him her secret . |
| 24 | At first , he 'd worried that Amber Epipheny would be jealous of him , and wondered whether she 'd confront him about the matter . |