Example sentences of "i wonder " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder why ? |
| 2 | ‘ It 's always ‘ I wonder if you 'd mind ’ with him — never ‘ do this , do that ’ like it is with the Heptonstalls . |
| 3 | ‘ I wonder what really separates us now ? ’ |
| 4 | I have been given a beautiful abutilon plant , and I wonder if you could advise me on how to look after it . |
| 5 | I wonder if you could give me any information on osteospermums . |
| 6 | You are hard to please , James — I wonder you ever married , ’ said Cameron , then regretted he had spoken . |
| 7 | ‘ I wonder if they will take orders once they have red coats on , ’ he said at last . |
| 8 | Would you , I wonder , would you walk with me ? |
| 9 | I wonder whether the umpire 's attitude would have been the same if the offender had been his opponent , the comparatively unknown Grant Connell . |
| 10 | But others are less impressive and I wonder how and why they made it through to the final selection . |
| 11 | I wonder how he drove home . |
| 12 | I wonder if you could possibly give me the address of the ‘ Dogs for the Disabled ’ charity , as I would like to send a donation but do n't know where to send it . |
| 13 | If any other pioneering company had brought out a call-only cordless telephone , I wonder who would shed tears when it failed to sell . |
| 14 | I wonder if you are using ( in lectures ) a statement I remember you making in talk , but not so far as I can recall , in print . |
| 15 | And in 1913 we have Pound writing of Yeats , who had just published ‘ The Grey Rock ’ , that the latter is ‘ very fine , but his syntax is getting obscurer than Browning 's ’ , then confessing : ‘ I wonder which is worse , to die in the aromatic subtlety of a disappearing cadence ( à la ME ) or to stodge one 's nobility into an incomprehensible narrative , à la The Eagle ’ . |
| 16 | I wonder what Johnson might make of this press release from the British architects RMJM ? |
| 17 | When , I wonder , did it become fashionable for politicians to talk not about the world but about the planet ? |
| 18 | I wonder how he performed on the potty ? |
| 19 | Now , however , I wonder if the absurd story is true . |
| 20 | The likelihood , indeed , is that they would have been repeated and rehearsed many times ( 'now that 's a very good point you 're making there — I wonder if you could conceivably contrive to put it a little more precisely' ) . |
| 21 | I wonder if there is some contradiction here . |
| 22 | I never felt : ‘ Oh , so old Dignam 's playing Claudius ’ ( or whomever ) ; always : ‘ I wonder what Dignam will make of Claudius ? ’ |
| 23 | I wonder now if Spitting Image or the The Singing Detective could ever be originated in any British system of the future substantially dependent on sponsorship ? |
| 24 | In Ford-speak , these are called ‘ I wonder ’ exercises . |
| 25 | He looked at this wonderful thing and said : ‘ I wonder if our Germans will ever be able to make anything like this ? ’ |
| 26 | Taff 's first remark was ‘ I wonder how many copped it last night , Piper ? ’ |
| 27 | I wonder how he is getting on ! |
| 28 | I wonder if the Oratory is any good ? ’ |
| 29 | I wonder if the Manxmen and the Channel Islanders understood that in 1950 ! |
| 30 | I wonder if it is here that the pictures are to appear , worrying that the seats are badly arranged , pointing the wrong way , that we wo n't be able to see them properly . |