Example sentences of "wonder if i [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I wonder if I ought to take up weight-lifting . ’
2 SIR — I wonder if I might add a recommendation of my own to George Walden 's perceptive comments on alleged bias in television ( article , April 13 ) .
3 ‘ I should love to see them sometime , ’ said Charles , ‘ but I wonder if I might sit down for a little ?
4 ‘ Mr Marsh , I wonder if I might accept your offer of help , ’ she said when she found him in the vestry .
5 Sir , — I wonder if I might use your publication to enquire of the members in practice as to their success or otherwise in dealing with the Inland Revenue on the matter of dividends paid to directors ' wives where shares have been transferred to the wives following independent taxation .
6 to other things , we 've kind of veered of the , one of the subjects that we were er , we did get onto which was how the police and the courts er handle er well victims and indeed criminals , I wonder if I might conflate erm both those groups into one question , its a very broad question , but I wonder if you think by and large the police do a good job , erm button one for yes and button two for no , erm and the majority here say yes , seventy seventy people say yes the , the police do a good job and since we 've talked about the courts do you think the courts do a good job by and large ? , we 've been talking specifically about erm some of the more bizarre erm statements that have come from the bench , particularly in with reference to crimes erm , that have treated against women , well now , seventy nine say no , so the police comes thumbs up , but the courts are way down , now not surprisingly there are n't many representatives from the courts er amongst this hundred
7 I wonder if I might have a word with your son . ’
8 ‘ Gerald , I wonder if I might trespass on your good nature ? ’
9 ‘ I wonder if I might begin with my family , ’ she said .
10 Now , I wonder if I might trouble you .
11 He was about to ring off when , on an impulse , Theodora said , ‘ I wonder if I might visit St Benet 's ?
12 I wonder if I might trouble you with two additional queries , however .
13 Er , he may be concerned but my Lord erm , there has been reference to the er the professional negligence and and my Lord there is a bit I have in court , I 'm afraid the second edition because the third edition which is the latest , was not available to me this morning , but there 's a paragraph in it and I want to refer your Lordship to it , I wonder if I might read it and er hand it up to your Lordship .
14 Italy 's a really wonderful country , I wonder if I 'll ever get a chance to go back .
15 I wonder if I 'll ever be able to get that word out ? "
16 I wonder if I 'll get o through Longhurst okay ?
17 I wonder if I 'll try
18 I wonder if I may offer some thoughts on this theme as I reflect on the situation facing Catholic Christians in our Church today .
19 While all this talk of constitutional change is in the air — Kinnock proposes to abolish the House of Lords and dismember the United Kingdom , as well as to forbid the whole country from hunting — I wonder if I may make a proposal .
20 ‘ Miss Kenton , I wonder if I may draw your attention to the fact that the bed linen for the upper floor will need to be ready by the day after tomorrow . ’
21 As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ?
22 I wonder if I may
23 Yes , your worships I wonder if I may assist the court o on behalf of er M Mrs erm Mrs er has told me that she thought at the time of the incident again was in fact , nearer to five o'clock than than , than four thirty and she was driving from Billington towards Clitheroe she had come through the traffic lights at the bottom of Accrington Road in Worley and she was proceeding along King Street in Worley er , towards towards Clitheroe and sh she has told me that at the time there was a considerable amount of traffic on the road and yo i in fact had that confirmed to you by er , my friend er the the traffic was sufficiently heavy that in fact , the the traffic travelling in the direction of Blackburn er was wai was backed up to the traffic lights as far as the zebra crossing and beyond it and so as Mrs erm was travelling towards Clitheroe her view of the children on the footpath at the opposite side of the road was obstructed by the cars that were er , travelling towards Blackburn .
24 Yes Your Worships in fact I wonder if I may
25 Ch chairman , I wonder if I may just add to that
26 At the moment I find that I can just afford my fortnightly twenty-minute flights , but in eighteen months time , when I reach the age of seventy , I wonder if I shall be able to afford £130 per year for the ‘ privilege ’ of flying ?
27 I wonder if I would have cared .
28 ‘ I wonder if I would ? ’ mused Lydia .
29 She married into the worst of Mother 's years , whereas I had the best , and I wonder if I 'd have been as unselfish as Lynda .
30 I wonder if I need be present .
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