Example sentences of "he wondered if " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cameron could sense James Menzies fidgeting and breathing beside him and he wondered if he had had a dram . |
| 2 | He wondered if art could continue to exist or be justified if it left behind its primitive purposes with the result that aesthetic objects became direct objects of attention . |
| 3 | Thinking it possible that London 's streets would contain martyrs cudgelled to death , he wondered if that might be no bad thing . |
| 4 | Jack put another bit of cotton wool on the nick on his chin and he wondered if Marilyn was ready yet . |
| 5 | Of course he had asked her if she was quite certain and she said she was , quite certain , but now he wondered if it was mere association that had made her agree , association and horror . |
| 6 | He wondered if the Commander had known , if Eileen had known . |
| 7 | He wondered if it was the promise of spring . |
| 8 | He wondered if it was anyone he knew . |
| 9 | He wondered if the effects of ‘ the electric ’ were wearing off and Byrne was going out of his mind again . |
| 10 | He wondered if falling in love with the nurse was n't a necessary stage of convalescence . |
| 11 | He wondered if the mice were white . |
| 12 | He wondered if she hung them on a china hand at night when she went to bed . |
| 13 | He wondered if Lee had gone mad . |
| 14 | He wondered if his Mum had fixed on the wallpaper with the Birds of Paradise for his new room . |
| 15 | He wondered if he 'd been sensible to bring so much . |
| 16 | He wondered if he 'd have made a good interior designer . |
| 17 | He wondered if he should make introductions . |
| 18 | He wondered if — ‘ Shut up ! ’ he told his hyperactive brain . |
| 19 | He wondered if the Irishman had been surprised by the roughness of her nipples and the prickly coarseness of her pubic hair against his skin . |
| 20 | He wondered if they had come to take him away to a Home for ungrateful and unwanted children . |
| 21 | They sat in silence again , in the empty café , and he wondered if the girl behind the counter recognised him from Saturday mornings and would make any future remark . |
| 22 | He wondered if she knew herself . |
| 23 | He wondered if she would indeed try to seduce him . |
| 24 | He wondered if it was ever right to spend ‘ large sums of money … in attempting to compete with ’ the Church of England . |
| 25 | privately he wondered if it would do any good at all . |
| 26 | He wondered if Gilbert White had seen the last edition of the Dictionary ( the seventh , 1756–59 ) where he had incorporated all the latest improvements in the culture of the cantaloupe melon . |
| 27 | He wondered if Irina had gone out , perhaps to buy some more clothes . |
| 28 | He wondered if he would be able to stand the lodging house for much longer . |
| 29 | He wondered if she would have believed him if he had told the truth . |
| 30 | He wondered if he would ever be able to do such a thing himself . |