Example sentences of "wondering [subord] 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 | For some reason he found himself wondering whether it would penetrate to the forest floor , or would the ground-cover of pine needles remain dry and fragrant ? |
| 14 | ‘ We were wondering whether it would be possible for the Circle to achieve royal patronage . |
| 15 | When challenged to say what was on his mind , he replied that he had been wondering whether it would ever be given to him to make France great again , as it had been in the days of Charlemagne . |
| 16 | Hazel was just wondering whether it would be worth while starting a side-passage to link Bigwig 's hole to Dandelion 's , when he felt a stamp of warning from somewhere close by . |
| 17 | ‘ But of course — my wife says that we anthropologists are like a housewife faced with the remains of yesterday 's stew and wondering whether it can possibly be eked out to make another meal . ’ |
| 18 | Leather , so luxurious you find yourself wondering whether it could really have come from a cow , finds its perfect match in glossy burr walnut . |
| 19 | And those who felt a niggle in their knee last month are wondering whether it will get better in April 21 . |
| 20 | There you are , trembling and writhing with lust , feeling passion in every corpuscle , and the penis is snoring away regardless , leaving you in a state of mortal terror , wondering whether it will every work again without the assistance of a rope and pulley . |