Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] whether " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the interviews I tried to probe whether what was meant was the ageing of the population , a change of atmosphere , the community 's material demise or what ; but on occasion I had to guess at what the informant really meant . |
| 2 | In a state of aerial calm I stopped to see whether he was following . |
| 3 | When Richard handed it to me I was so surprised I forgot to enquire whether or not il s'agit d'un cadeau , but if not , I must settle up with you when next you 're here . |
| 4 | We were a shot over in the second round and I began to wonder whether he would be mounting a serious challenge . |
| 5 | After the fiasco in Prague I began to wonder whether there was any point in my running in any more relay teams , began to think that it was just a waste of everyone 's time . |
| 6 | Some twenty-five years later , when I became interested in hypnosis and then in regression therapy , I began to wonder whether my earlier fascination was because I had actually lived in Tudor times . |
| 7 | There was no sign of a stone circle , and I began to wonder whether I was lost — and yet I was being ‘ pulled ’ so hard that I was forced to run . |
| 8 | Then I began to wonder whether , by wearing a loose jacket and sitting down all the time , I could keep him from noticing . |
| 9 | After these conversations I began to wonder whether the Houys were right . |
| 10 | I began to wonder whether or not I had been the victim of an extended delusion , which was perhaps the function of an overheated adolescence leading to some kind of psycho-hormonal explosion . |
| 11 | ‘ I began to wonder whether I 'd made a mistake over the arrangement . |
| 12 | On collecting these names I began to wonder whether I was being taken in but so many came up on independent lists that the villagers sent in that I am sure they are authentic . |
| 13 | As time went on , and particularly by the early Seventies , I began to question whether one could take this point of view in a situation where things were going on which I clearly saw to be ‘ bad ’ . |
| 14 | This really sapped my energies — it was so obviously just a sport for them — and I began to question whether I could go on . |
| 15 | First , I needed to know whether the axis running through the circle centres continued to the church at Bishops Cannings . |
| 16 | But then I started to wonder whether the explanation was not to be found elsewhere . |
| 17 | I did n't particularly , but I did wonder whether perhaps the left 's priorities could n't do with a little sharpening . |
| 18 | I did wonder whether we ought to call a , a , a , sort of emergency meeting of Harlow Health Action , but I was away myself until last few days , so it 's difficult to do that , so what we 've are , I 've agreed with Dave , the secretary , we 've produced a leaflet , which is based on one of the Federations leaflet , it gives the reason to be against opting out . |
| 19 | But I did wonder whether he knew quite how keen M. Chaillot was on young women . |
| 20 | At some point I did wonder whether I had more humiliation and torture to look forward to . |
| 21 | ‘ I did wonder whether you did n't want me there , ’ she said . |
| 22 | The only thing is , I did wonder whether the two |
| 23 | On the advert that 's gone in I did wonder whether to put please respond by such and such a date ? |
| 24 | Yeah , but I 'm su , you know I did debate whether it was twenty |
| 25 | I did ask whether the Association of Chief Police Officers have been told that they are going to they are likely to have to take over many of the responsibilities of the British Transport Police as from the first of April . |
| 26 | I was having a nervous breakdown and I had to decide whether I was going to spend the rest of my life hiding under a bed , or whether I was going to do what I wanted to do . ’ |
| 27 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 28 | Before the event , I had debated whether to bring my director to the event , to reinforce the quality image of the Association which he in effect supports by sponsoring me . |
| 29 | I had doubted whether the traverse , my tiger traverse , would go . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I had wondered whether a piece so drenched in Anglican chant ( running from Gilbert and Sullivan to Morning Prayer and back ) could rise and sail . ’ |