Example sentences of "and [pers pn] wondered [subord] " in BNC.

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1 It was by now that and I wondered whether chilli had been a good choice for a hot meal .
2 As I scrubbed away at my remaining teeth I reflected upon the number of obituaries of men in their early sixties which I 'd read in The Times over the course of the past few weeks , and I wondered whether the Great Reaper was running a special line in the age group for some divine , mysterious end , and if so , I thought , I might be next , and then they 'd be sorry .
3 ‘ The reason I 'm calling , actually , is that my wallet seems to have disappeared and I wondered whether I could possibly have left it there . ’
4 It was too dark to see anything and I wondered whether to call out .
5 I could n't see the point in reviving it — and I wondered whether anyone on stage could , either .
6 Mercifully , I was able to complete all I had to do within a very few days and I wondered whether the Sheikh had put a few words in the right ears .
7 Obviously this was no problem to the American buyers who were out in force and I wondered whether within fifty years all the antiques in Britain would end up in America and we would be confined to department-store replicas .
8 I was told that it became hand-tamed almost immediately , and I wondered whether this had anything to do with those eyes .
9 ‘ He 's old , ’ said Mrs Munro , and I wondered whether she was thinking of herself : that old age bred inanition , that the longer one lived the less one cared for one 's fellows .
10 An artificial log glowed in the manorial fireplace and I wondered whether she was admitting that it was n't really very nice now , and how often Syl felt it as an obligation to take his mother for drives around the countryside .
11 ‘ You can go and see Mrs M , ’ said my mother and I wondered whether her sense of grievance towards me was inclining her to spite .
12 We were expecting a visitor at half-past ten , and I wondered whether Holmes would finish his breakfast before our visitor arrived .
13 I visited the chapel at Strangeways prison to see the great destruction that had occurred , and I wondered whether human beings could have been responsible for it .
14 ‘ When I was talking to him , he had this habit of looking over my head and I wondered whether what I was saying was going in , but he was digesting it and seeing how he could turn it round to his way of doing things .
15 It was growing dark as I walked down the pier alone , his jacket draped over my shoulders , and I wondered if I should really look for Wilde at all .
16 The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering .
17 ‘ I 've just heard that Harry Pollitt is addressing a meeting in Parkhead and I wondered if you 'd fancy coming with me ? ’
18 I have not heard back from you since then , and I wondered if you could please confirm that you are still interested in receiving a copy of the tape ?
19 Having felt pain , I knew I was not dreaming , and I wondered if I had gone mad , though the fact that I had hallucinated , and had shown myself to have such a naive view of God , would be sufficient proof for some .
20 His face was grey with hatred and I wondered if he was going to hit me .
21 It was much too big and I wondered if I should always have to wear these clothes .
22 Thoreau wrote of an Eternal City of the West , and for long , I groped to understand what he meant by it and I still do not know ; but one evening I saw in the brick red mass of cloud and fire of the sunset what seemed like a great city of the West and I wondered if this was Thoreau 's vision of America .
23 ‘ I was here when you was collecting for the Foundling Hospital yesterday , and I wondered if a shilling would help .
24 He had sounded immensely sad as he spoke , and I wondered if the girl had meant more to him than being merely a casual friend , but I did not like to ask and Maggovertski was clearly disinclined to explain more , so I just stared down at the aerial chart , and I suddenly noticed , in an otherwise empty space beneath an intersection of two air corridors , the tiny island of Murder Cay .
25 And I thought it really had been a very good life , a fun life , despite Ellen never having gone to bed with me , and I wondered if my father would even notice my death , then the Maggot whooped with glee , hauled back on the stick , and our plane was screaming up into the wide blue lovely bullet-free sky and the Maggot was laughing and slapping my shoulder .
26 For I could tell that he was a little rusty , and I wondered if sometimes this affable and agreeable companion was worried because he knew that he was not keeping up with the strides that modern medicine was taking .
27 He reckoned to do most of his business in the bars and hospitality tents during the tournaments , and I wondered if he could remember the details after all the champagne .
28 And he says ‘ Well , I 'm an old Footlighter , and I wondered if you felt like a drink . ’
29 A bus had been rammed in the fog two nights before , when it was n't nearly as thick as this , and I wondered if he was scared .
30 ‘ I 'm the archivist who bothered you last April , and I wondered if you 'd had any second thoughts , ’ Jo-Ann said to Edward .
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