Example sentences of "i [vb past] whether [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked whether we should work together or whether we should fight … it will be your decision , Holly . |
| 2 | I asked whether they did not find it inconvenient , living so near the French border , not to speak French , but they said not . |
| 3 | Pursuing the notion of building sex education into the curriculum , I asked whether they would not be embarrassed to talk about sex with a teacher they saw around all the time . |
| 4 | I asked whether he thought he had the same difficulties as his father : |
| 5 | That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true . |
| 6 | In an intervention during the Home Secretary 's speech , I asked whether he had consulted or heard from the Prison Governors Association about the Bill . |
| 7 | I mentioned at the beginning the idea of a classless society , now I do n't know what you think of the er the idea of a classless society , it 's something that the th th Prime Minister erm er er talked about when he , when he took office and I asked whether you think it 's possible to have , we if you think a classless society is possible at all , whether you think it 's desirable . |
| 8 | When I got to the station they read the charge against me , charged me with it and I asked whether I was getting bail . |
| 9 | I asked whether I could come along too ; and Balvinder agreed . |
| 10 | she spoke to and said we 've discussed it cos I asked whether she 'd done that , she said she 'd spoken to and said we 've discussed that we should share the work more equally and said no I 'm happy with the way things were and left it that way |
| 11 | As for the other end , Fraxilly , I doubted whether it was important enough to have any spies watching it . |
| 12 | Even at Oxford , I doubted whether there were many people who could adjudicate on a matter of this kind . |
| 13 | Later , habit was to help me to find Aunt Louise with the assurance of a homing pigeon ; now , hesitant of asking the way ( being unable to read on the faces of those I encountered whether they were patients or helpers ) , I had great difficulty in finding the right building ; and then — up ill-lit stone staircases and along corridors — in finding the ward to which I had been directed . |
| 14 | In 148 of the 168 procedures I recorded whether I used diathermy . |
| 15 | Wish I knew whether my face was burnt . |
| 16 | You you and I discussed whether I I was going to be able to do it . |
| 17 | And we know there are various er responses to that question , and I would be looking to the districts to say whether or not they could cope with the various levels of provision that have been identified for Greater York , and it 's the view of whether they can cope within their own districts , I have n't said how you can cope , I said whether you can cope , you might I will I will leave you free to make the odd comment , but I want to focus on that part of the issue , and then the natural corollary to that is , will it be necessary , or is it considered necessary in the context of this alteration to provide specific guidance within H One policy for the distribution of that er development to er at sub , what I would call sub-district level , in other words do you want a specific entry for say Ryedale or Hambledon ? |
| 18 | For a second I considered whether I might not be able to make a meal from the remains , but , not only was the edge off my appetite , there was something repulsive about the thought of eating carrion , however fresh it looked . |
| 19 | On pp. 615–617 , I considered whether it was a breach of the rule of stare decisis to retrace our steps , having reached the conclusion , to quote the words of Sir Raymond Evershed M.R. in Morelle Ltd. v. Wakeling [ 1955 ] 2 Q.B . |
| 20 | and I considered whether it would be wise to write about the early history , but as my purpose is only to demonstrate . |
| 21 | ‘ You can go and see Mrs M , ’ said my mother and I wondered whether her sense of grievance towards me was inclining her to spite . |
| 22 | ‘ When I was talking to him , he had this habit of looking over my head and I wondered whether what I was saying was going in , but he was digesting it and seeing how he could turn it round to his way of doing things . |
| 23 | I wonder about the pupil comment being divorced from the staff comment I wondered whether they one should follow the other . |
| 24 | Not having been associated with people with his range of peculiarities , I wondered whether they were the materials of his prejudices . |
| 25 | I wondered whether they really meant " water snakes " — a word identical to " eels " in their language — and I focused more closely on the lengths of bamboo which littered the bottom . |
| 26 | I wondered whether they were using my secretary Jean to do the work of other departments . |
| 27 | I wondered whether we should salute . |
| 28 | I wondered whether he preferred the sexual experiences I imagined he must be having with all sorts of men to the one we shared . |
| 29 | I wondered whether he eschewed beautiful women because he feared competition from them , or from other men . |
| 30 | I wondered whether he was not , after all , over-protective . |