Example sentences of "[to-vb] if he was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked him how he was doing at school , made up questions to test him , twitted him about imaginary girlfriends , and there was always someone who wanted to know if he was going to be an RIC man like his dad when he grew up . |
| 2 | Still staring up at him , she tried to discover if he was making the same connections as herself , but his face gave absolutely nothing away , and yet , when he 'd first opened the door , she 'd thought he 'd looked disappointed . |
| 3 | I began to wonder if he was doing it deliberately , if he knew I was insanely in love with you and thought it was funny to goad me . ’ |
| 4 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 5 | I looked at the faces of the other soldiers to see if he was trying to make a fool of me . |
| 6 | She swept past his outstretched hand and began to hurry through the arrivals hall , only stopping to look back at him over her shoulder to see if he was following her when she reached the automatic doors . |
| 7 | We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming . |
| 8 | The editor of Argumenty i Fakty , Vladislav Starkov , under strong criticism following the publication in early October 1989 of a readers ' poll of the most unpopular Congress deputies [ see p. 36980 ] , continued to defend himself vigorously in the media and his staff threatened to resign if he was dismissed ; in late October , however , the paper appeared to be trying to appease the party central committee by publishing both an interview with Yegor Ligachev , a leading conservative CPSU politburo member and central committee Secretary responsible for Agriculture , and also an opinion poll favourable to Gorbachev . |
| 9 | It was hard to decide if he was laughing at her or impressed by her performance . |
| 10 | As she started back to check if he was hurt , Dan scrambled back on his bike and cycled off with a final red faced look over his shoulder . |
| 11 | It was just that it was intriguingly difficult to tell if he was issuing blunt ultimatums to a financial contact , or responding to some emotional problem at the other end of the line … |