Example sentences of "wonder if she [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 She wonders if she will in fact see her son , since a tender has come off the track down the line .
2 When at one point Decibel meets Zab , Zab wonders if she must not be dreaming .
3 She hates being photographed and wonders if she should ever have chosen a career in television .
4 After the first , it occurred to her to wonder if she ought to offer to leave .
5 Therese , under the fixed smile and the determination , was beginning to wonder if she ought to withdraw now , before they got too far into rehearsals .
6 The main part of the school was considerably more attractive , being a red-brick residence , rambling but characterful , built for the vendor of wine and spirits in the last years of the Old Queen , when people were beginning to wonder if she would ever go .
7 It was uncomfortable enough , knowing she would have to face him , but it was worse not to know when , to wonder if she would turn around suddenly and find him watching her with those cold , cold eyes …
8 I began to wonder if she 'd still have the same effect on you . ’
9 She was beginning to wonder if she 'd misread it — got the time all wrong .
10 She looked back at the cupboard , wondering if she ought to give any other heart drugs .
11 Ruth stretched out her hands to the red glow , wondering if she would ever again be warm all through her .
12 She gave her letter to the postman with a heavy heart , wondering if she would ever see her sister again .
13 She leaned for support against the wing of the car , breathless and trembling , wondering if she would scream or vomit .
14 He threw her hand contemptuously from him and she rubbed it , wondering if she would ever get rid of the impression of his fingers .
15 She had been wondering if she would have gone to visit Rupert if he had been ill , or if she would have left in to Sophia .
16 Merrill watched him covertly , wondering if she would have had the courage to sit here if she had known that he would come in ; wondering if she would have joined another and more distant club had she known that he was the commodore here .
17 Merrill watched him covertly , wondering if she would have had the courage to sit here if she had known that he would come in ; wondering if she would have joined another and more distant club had she known that he was the commodore here .
18 She took up a late cancellation for a holiday and photographed the leaning tower of Pisa ; in Florence sat drinking a cappuccino near the Piazza San Felice , thinking of those two English lovers , the Browning poets , who had lived there ; threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome , wondering if she would ever come back .
19 He supposed she was ashamed of her outburst of bad temper and lingered , looking at the roses and wondering if she would come back .
20 ‘ Explain , ’ Miranda said sleepily , wondering if she 'd be able to stay awake until the end of the show .
21 Harriet glanced around , wondering if she could slip out unnoticed .
22 As she placed the cup in front of him , Charles looked at his daughter , wondering if she could be involved in this grotesque business .
23 Hunting through her case for some lightweight shoes , and wondering if she could get away without having to wear any stockings , she gritted her teeth as she heard her name being called from the other room .
24 She faltered , wondering if she could speak the devastation she had felt when Rosa and Dolores had shown her that tiny baby .
25 She cringed back from him , pressing herself against the stove , wondering if she could edge past and make for the door .
26 Vi was remembering that today was her birthday and there was the ten-shilling note in her money belt and wondering if she should ask them if they would like to see the film in Craigiebur .
27 She paused , biting her lip while wondering if she should repeat other comments made by the Chinese .
28 She hung around for a while , looking aimlessly into the shop windows , wondering if she should go and have a coffee in the Franz Joseph , just in case he was there .
29 ‘ I had intended to talk with Mrs Tate also ; I wonder if she would join us ? ’
30 Admire the Liberty shawl for Aunt Elspeth , and wonder if she might be delighted enough to leave it to me in her will .
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