Example sentences of "[v-ing] if she could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She faltered , wondering if she could speak the devastation she had felt when Rosa and Dolores had shown her that tiny baby . |
| 2 | Harriet glanced around , wondering if she could slip out unnoticed . |
| 3 | Hunting through her case for some lightweight shoes , and wondering if she could get away without having to wear any stockings , she gritted her teeth as she heard her name being called from the other room . |
| 4 | She was more interested in getting a glass of water from the mini-bar and enquiring if she could have a cup of tea . |
| 5 | How about telling Veronica she had found something in rue Roland which belonged to her husband , and asking if she could return it ? |
| 6 | Shortly after her move abroad she had written to the then Director of Manchester City Art Gallery , Tim Clifford , asking if she could view some of the Museum 's early nineteenth-century cotton samples and take photographs . |
| 7 | The worst moment of all , he thought , had been at a quarter to nine that morning , when he had been roused from the bottom depths of heavy , dream-tangled sleep by the door bell , and when , having stumbled across the room , still not knowing where he was or what was happening , he had found Mrs. Mounce at the door , asking if she could do any shopping for them . |
| 8 | And now , here was Matilda sitting in the classroom with a curiously exalted look on her face and asking if she could have a private talk . |
| 9 | A letter was received from Mrs. Hogan of Brighton asking if she could take over a sixteen-year-old blind boy , Arthur B. Her own son had died the previous year at the same age , and she said that she would ‘ do her best to make the lad happy , and find him light work in Brighton ’ . |
| 10 | We received many letters when she died , and one was from a girl called Janine , a 17 year old taking A levels , saying if she could help in any way she would willingly do so . |
| 11 | Just this is " he shook his head , not knowing if she could see , or maybe feel the bed bounce slightly , it 's really nice , " he gave a tiny , self-depreciating laugh on the last word , acknowledging its inadequacy , " . |
| 12 | It was a week later and Agnes was in the state of not knowing if she could put up with this present situation even one day longer . |