Example sentences of "[was/were] wondering " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew they were wondering why there was n't anyone with him . |
| 2 | Umpteen four-bedroomed houses later , we were wondering if it really was the right thing to do : every time we found just the right place , the surveyor 's report showed movement of the north wall , or some other equally expensive-to-repair problem . |
| 3 | We are buying a One Ten County and we were wondering if it is possible to fit central locking using Range Rover parts . |
| 4 | So we were wondering if you would send us some addresses of skateboard companies that might sponsor us , eg Powell , Santa Cruz or someone . |
| 5 | You were wondering how long we 'd been lovers . |
| 6 | And myself and my partners were wondering really what you were doing … |
| 7 | For those of you who were wondering , married couples are jointly and severally liable for payment of the community charge ( poll tax ) . |
| 8 | ‘ We were wondering whether it would be possible for the Circle to achieve royal patronage . |
| 9 | Just in case you were wondering . |
| 10 | They were wondering where she was at that very moment . |
| 11 | It was inevitable yesterday , as Gordon Brown gave his performance , that Labour 's backbenchers were wondering whether they had picked the right man . |
| 12 | And they were wondering whether I should have private classes or be with the group and have group therapy and they decided , yes , she is like everybody else . |
| 13 | No doubt his fellow cadets were wondering similarly . |
| 14 | ‘ Talking of freedom , ’ James said , ‘ Kate and I were wondering what you were doing for Christmas . ’ |
| 15 | There was naked bathing on a hot summer 's night after a stirring performance , there were wondering Welsh friends and neighbours up to see this phenomenon and afraid that his Welshness might be too loud : ‘ The English are afraid of us , ’ said Burton and brawled , now and then , to prove it . |
| 16 | When junior health minister Tim Yeo launched the Mansell report on services for people with learning difficulties with challenging behaviour a couple of months ago , he made the aside that perhaps his audience were wondering why there was need of such a report , given the work the King 's Fund had done in the same area over the years . |
| 17 | ‘ We were wondering about that charming old gentleman we 've seen you with in Mondano . ’ |
| 18 | And often we would lie together in the sun after a bathe , and kiss and caress each other , and it was a dear , familiar pleasure , associated in my mind and body with safety and mutual delight and no demands made ; his hands were wondering and tender , and his face when I opened my eyes to look at it had the extraordinary beauty it used to have when I had given him even this limited sensual happiness . |
| 19 | ‘ Look here , Squire , ’ said Desmond , ‘ we were wondering if you would have a word with Potter . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , Florrie and me , we were wondering what we should do . |
| 21 | David and I were wondering if we could take you out for a spot of lunch . |
| 22 | All five hundred coolies from Number Three Village were drawn up outside their barracks in long ranks ; silent and apprehensive , they were wondering why they had been roused half an hour earlier and why the burly , intimidating figure of the plantation director , Duclos , was waiting to address the massed roll call beneath the single lightpole in the barrack compound . |
| 23 | They were wondering whether it was going to happen again . |
| 24 | The people at the table looked like beleaguered tourists in the kind of restaurants where people come and play violins in your ear , that is to say , horribly embarrassed and as if they were wondering how much it would take to make them go away . |
| 25 | Sir Thomas 's face was pale , paler even than those of his audience , most of whom were wondering whether this were not a little too much emotion after all that goose . |
| 26 | There were things all three of them knew , and things all three of them were wondering , but no one cared to question or acknowledge at this hour . |
| 27 | He walked in , and he walked out-alive , in case you were wondering … ’ |
| 28 | And perhaps lots of people were wondering why they were n't having this good time . |
| 29 | So the old people are saying , and we were wondering as children like yes , Why Oh it 's all tinned stuff now . |
| 30 | ‘ We were wondering if perhaps you 'd consider taking a more high-profile role in the company ? ’ |