Example sentences of "[pron] wondered [conj] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The reason I 'm calling , actually , is that my wallet seems to have disappeared and I wondered whether I could possibly have left it there . ’ |
| 2 | I wondered whether you 'd ever get it or not , come on quick quick . |
| 3 | I do n't mind sharing the view , there were moments when I wondered whether it could actually be done . ’ |
| 4 | The house seemed quite grand but we only stayed one night as the following afternoon we entrained for Preston , a journey that took so long , I wondered if we would ever arrive . |
| 5 | I wondered if she might ever get frostbite ; I was sure I could see little crystals of ice glinting on her faint moustache . |
| 6 | For a moment I wondered if she 'd fully come round from the carbon monoxide . |
| 7 | I wondered if I would ever be able to peep inside one . |
| 8 | I wondered if I would ever see them again and silently said goodbye . |
| 9 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 10 | It was much too big and I wondered if I should always have to wear these clothes . |
| 11 | It was growing dark as I walked down the pier alone , his jacket draped over my shoulders , and I wondered if I should really look for Wilde at all . |
| 12 | I wondered if I should ever see them again . |
| 13 | I have not heard back from you since then , and I wondered if you could please confirm that you are still interested in receiving a copy of the tape ? |
| 14 | I wondered if you could possibly spare us a moment of your time tomorrow ? |
| 15 | Beth was crying too , crying inside , and she wondered whether she would ever again see the young man who had been left in her care . |
| 16 | The darkness was so total that she wondered if they would even be able to proceed without the aid of a torch . |
| 17 | Now those roses reminded her of Gerry , who had pasted them there , and she wondered if she would ever find the courage to scrape them off . |
| 18 | She wondered if she would ever free herself from the memory . |
| 19 | Perhaps she wondered if she 'd ever get out . ’ |
| 20 | She wondered if he would now ? |
| 21 | There was also another young man with theatrical ambitions who wondered if they would ever he satisfied , even though he had produced The Wit To Woo . |
| 22 | We wondered whether we could possibly sell Japanese lyrics translated into Swedish – and we did . |
| 23 | He wondered if they 'd ever find husbands or boyfriends who would take them on such a holiday as this and rather doubted it . |
| 24 | He wondered if she would ever regret it , and thought not . |
| 25 | He wondered if she would indeed try to seduce him . |
| 26 | He wondered if he would ever be able to do such a thing himself . |
| 27 | And he wondered if he would ever discover them . |