Example sentences of "wonder if it [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Light the paraffin stove now , he thought , crouching uncertainly with a box of matches , wondering if it ought to be propitiated in some way . |
| 2 | I am also planning to fit a new galvanised bulkhead and I am wondering if it would be best to fit this before or after the new engine is installed ? |
| 3 | I remember wondering if it would be better to go back to the West End , for another fare , or go on to Liverpool Street . |
| 4 | She would kill him later , but for the present , she was thinking of Sycorax , who had instructed her in love , and wondering if it would please her that here she was , filling a man with desire just as Sycorax had always said she should . |
| 5 | She lifted an enquiring eyebrow , wondering if it would have suited his purposes if she 'd said nothing , because he could then have accused her of theft . |
| 6 | She splashed water on her face , wishing she had her overnight case up here with her , wondering if it would be possible to make a deal with Ace . |
| 7 | Probably wondering if it would have some sort of adverse effect on his investment ! ’ |
| 8 | I 'm wondering if it might be possible for Colonel Blair to have access to the offices of either the Ingard group or the shipping company in some capacity that would n't arouse suspicion . " |
| 9 | However , even if the L.G.U. was left wondering if it should n't have kept the public better informed , it must have been greatly heartened by the number of spectators who not only came to this out-of-the-way championship but made it abundantly clear that they were greatly taken with the high standard of play . |
| 10 | We were interested in moving on in ministry , wondering if it could be to YWAM 's Nuneaton base where the UK Crossroads course is run , to help in the ministry team there . |
| 11 | ‘ Not the Mrs Flaherty , ’ he said , wondering if it could be her sister . |
| 12 | " I was wondering if it could , perhaps , be stolen . |
| 13 | Shown in to the Casa Guidi by Annunciata , she did wonder if it might be wise to tell Mr Browning first but he was not about . |
| 14 | It 's complicated , to be sure , with all those wrinkles and frowns and gulleys and pockets ; it resembles coral , making you wonder if it might be surreptitiously on the move all the time , quietly adding to itself without your noticing . |
| 15 | I can only wonder if it will bear very much relationship to the manifesto finally produced by the Conservative party before the next European election . |
| 16 | I wonder if it might be possible for you to confirm your or NEC 's interest in the tape , and , if you intend to go ahead , the specifications you need . |
| 17 | WITH all the talk about tampering with cricket balls , I wonder if it might be possible to make the ball from plastic or nylon or some other modern material that could n't be defaced . |
| 18 | Alright now I just wonder if it might be worthwhile just some people going back to the classroom now or some stay or ? |
| 19 | ‘ It would be a dreadful abuse of the sacrament , ’ she said , ‘ but I wonder if it might explain why Dersingham gave Hereward the living , which ’ — she concluded — ‘ everyone seems to agree , needs some explanation . |
| 20 | Yes : ‘ I wonder if it might not be helpful to make clear to a lay reader what precisely the connection was between Socrates and Plato . ’ |
| 21 | Yes I wonder if it might help you sir if I erm if I submit a copy of the plan ? |
| 22 | You know I was wai I thought oh I wonder if it 'll be the Orient Express , yeah . |
| 23 | ‘ I wonder if it would n't have been better if the Almighty had created us all as — well — as sort of plants . |
| 24 | ‘ I wonder if it would have that smile if it knew of Belsen . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But , er , I wonder if it would n't be more sensible to — ’ |
| 26 | Their justification for doing it is that it 's for this thing , this painting or whatever , and I always wonder if it could n't be more without all that . ’ |
| 27 | Well I wonder if it could be the brake fluid cos that 's |
| 28 | If Microsoft decides not to sue — and we wonder if it can decide before WABI is introduced — observers say that it will hassle Sun to death . |
| 29 | In England we say : ‘ What shall we do ? ’ and then : ‘ I wonder if it will achieve anything ? ’ |
| 30 | I wonder if it will be any different now ? |