Example sentences of "she [vb past] whether [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Tilda 's respect for her sister , whom she had never seen before in the possession of so much money , reduced her almost to silence ; in a hoarse whisper she asked whether they were going to get the records straight away . |
2 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
3 | She asked whether he would be there when she got back and he said : ‘ Yes . |
4 | Bernice was fairly sure that if she asked whether she was , at that moment , on a lumpy excrescence on a strand of spaghetti stretching into the Doctor 's future and surrounded by a soup of probabilities , she would n't like the answer . |
5 | She asked whether it could be made to stick as he had been told . |
6 | She asked whether it was the same Capron who was in the photograph she had borrowed from Tatyana Nowak , and who Marek had been to see . |
7 | She asked whether someone from the DHSS could discuss the matter with members of the Hospital Medical Committee , concluding by stating her view that |
8 | However , Maxine informed me that her mother had always described how she had screamed when being bathed as a tiny baby , so she doubted whether we would be able to find a specific incident which could have caused the onset of the phobia . |
9 | She doubted whether she could have told the difference if she had n't known . |
10 | Two black Honda scramblers were parked close to the workbench and her first thought was to put them out of action , but she doubted whether she could get in a clear shot without exposing her head . |
11 | She did n't mention the word ‘ love ’ , because , after what he had said and seeing now in his eyes what he truly thought of her , she doubted whether she could love a man like him . |
12 | However , she doubted whether she would be able to cope — even now — with Ross 's formidable mother . |
13 | Leila did n't have the heart to tell him she doubted whether there 'd be much opportunity for him ever to do that , at least while he was helping her with Ari . |
14 | Ace stuck out her tongue at Daak , who was grinning at her through the shuttle 's front window , but she doubted whether he could see her face inside the suit . |
15 | Saturday was the one day on which he seemed to arrive early at the Herald office , but she doubted whether he would have got there yet . |
16 | But she doubted whether it would work as well once the system , dominated by West Germany , was diluted by other countries less committed to the policy of bearing down on prices . |
17 | But she doubted whether it would work as well once the system , dominated by West Germany , was diluted by other countries less committed to the policy of bearing down on prices . |
18 | She debated whether she would do the church first or the vicarage . |
19 | She questioned whether what they lacked was not ruthless ambition . |
20 | When she demanded whether there were any suspicious circumstances he refused to be drawn and took over the questioning : ‘ Why did n't you say Ayling was here on Friday ? ’ |
21 | She wondered whether they were anchored ; they seemed fixed ; they did not bob . |
22 | It reminded her of that other occasion when she had driven Freddie Nash and she wondered whether they were destined to find themselves together battling against the elements . |
23 | Sometimes she wondered whether her cousins were still alive . |
24 | She wondered whether he had any other clothes ! |
25 | She wondered whether he found her desirable in such an assailable position . |
26 | She wondered whether he 'd gone mad , and panicked . |
27 | She wondered whether he 'd started drinking again . |
28 | Briefly she wondered whether he 'd already drunk himself into oblivion and was lying in a paralytic stupor on the hearthrug while saucepans boiled dry on the stove and vegetables burned to a crisp . |
29 | She wondered whether he had mentioned it to the Inspector privately . |
30 | Smiling , she wondered whether he ever moved at a normal pace . |