Example sentences of "[verb] whether he [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And the Turk 's Head stayed shut with padlocks on the doors and the windows boarded up , and Uncle Titch went away and no one seemed to know where he 'd gone to , not even William 's grandad , and no one seemed to know whether he 'd taken his fairground with him or whether it was still there behind the shutters and the padlocked doors in the dark rooms with the bloodstains still on the walls and floors .
2 Then he said : ‘ I 'm more interested than the rest of you to know whether he killed himself .
3 It 's got to be important to the child so that he needs to know whether he means four times two-plus-one or four-times-two plus one , whichever way it is .
4 The corners of his mouth bit inward deeply ; it was sometimes difficult to know whether he smiled , or had a wry taste on his tongue .
5 He has so far refused to indicate whether he intends to appeal .
6 Shall he doubt whether he doubts ?
7 Shall he doubt whether he exists ?
8 He tried whether he had a voice in the dream , and it seemed that he had , though a curiously meagre one , for she leaned still closer to hear what he wanted , inclining her earnest head to bring a small , close-set ear almost within touch of his lips .
9 I did n't know whether he meant simply , look ; or that the lamps were in some way symbolic of the elect .
10 When Mr Palmer arrived I did n't tell him I was caddying for Gary , and I do n't know whether he 'd forgotten or what , but when Gary says to me , ‘ OK , Tip , let's go , ’ Arnold looks at me and says , ‘ What are you doing , Tip ? ’
11 I do n't know whether he sent them back .
12 Oh yeah and this chap inherited the money off his mother and father and er , I do n't know whether he drunk it or whether he gambled it away , but he lost the business so that , and that was the beginning of the breaking up in my er opinion of the fleck shops like , you know .
13 I would like to think you could perhaps mention to Peter if you see him in the next couple of days , I do n't know whether he pops into the office but we , it would be nice if you could if you could mention
14 He saved his friend and I do n't know whether he managed to run down any of the gang .
15 I do n't know , he ju , I do n't know whether he said he was going Monday or Tuesday , so he should of been .
16 I do not know whether he does not understand the measure or whether he thinks that he can discredit the idea by associating it with the poll tax .
17 My first meeting with was e a I doubt whether he actually remembers er but it was actually on an Inter City , I do n't know whether he does remember , on an Inter City back from London erm three or four years ago when h he also tried to get me to join the Labour Party if I remember rightly .
18 I do not know whether he went back to the château on his own .
19 I I do n't know whether he went to jail over the job you know , in East and West .
20 ‘ I do n't know whether he uses a slim feeler of the hydra — I ca n't see if he does — but I suppose he does .
21 The letter was delivered by hand but I do n't know whether he brought it himself . ’
22 I do n't know whether he got it from here , or from another source , but it 's very strikingly similar .
23 The miners who had escaped , knew immediately that John had been left behind but did not know whether he had been entombed alive or buried under the rock .
24 Willie was so exhausted from the day 's labours that he did n't know whether he had dreamt the last remark or not .
25 He was looking at the bin but she did n't know whether he had seen her or not .
26 She was tempted to tramp noisily down so that if Shildon had lingered he would be scared away , but then she would never know whether he had been there .
27 As Septimus Coffin pointed out : if he had really thought Pickerage had done it , he would have caned him ; if he did n't know whether he had done it or not , he should n't have slippered him .
28 I knew he had a wife , I did n't know whether he had children er and I knew that er he had previous history of er criminal nature .
29 I did n't know whether he had two loans or not or whatever it is because
30 ( How do you know whether he refers to Pooh or Christopher Robin ?
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