Example sentences of "wonder [Wh adv] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wonders why he has invited her into his office . |
| 2 | And he wonders why he 's got a |
| 3 | The central plains of China have been farmed continuously for thousands of years and you begin to wonder how they have stayed fertile . |
| 4 | I was too sleepy to wonder how he 'd managed , at this time of night . ’ |
| 5 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
| 6 | Mrs McTavish used to wonder why she had produced two children who ran to such opposite extremes , but had never come up with an answer . |
| 7 | From outside , the church looked very old , and deserted , and I began to wonder why I had come ; and I must have been a little late , because in the perfect stillness within , the members of the congregation already knelt — like statues , some caught in a swath of rainbow light where the rising sun shone through a stained-glass window , splashing the bowed heads and bent shoulders with crimson , royal blue , emerald and gold . |
| 8 | He kept wondering how it had got Silk . |
| 9 | I know , but I 'm just wondering how it 's got on there . |
| 10 | We did land home eventually but I think Mrs Thwaites 's folks were understandably worried , wondering where we had got to . |
| 11 | I warrant that your mama may be wondering where we have got to , we had better enbus for Saltdean . |
| 12 | My colleagues will be wondering where I 've got to . |
| 13 | ‘ Colban will be wondering where I have got to . ’ |
| 14 | I was wondering where you 'd disappeared to . |
| 15 | " I was wondering where you 'd got to , " he said to Hazel . |
| 16 | It was quieter , with few shops , not one of them interesting , and restaurants which opened with optimistic flourishes and invitations but where , after a few weeks , you could see the desolate owner standing in the doorway wondering where he 'd gone wrong ; his eyes told you the area was n't going to revive in his lifetime . |
| 17 | That night she cried herself to sleep wondering where she had gone wrong and thinking she could not bear it if she never saw Edward again . |
| 18 | It was as if she was checking over her life , wondering where she had got to . |
| 19 | ‘ I was utterly absorbed in my book , ’ explained Lydia , wondering where she had left it . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's no use me doing nothing now and wondering why we 've got a problem in March . ’ |
| 21 | Little knots of people stood about eyeing each other with an air of wondering why they had come at all . |
| 22 | ‘ Never heard of it , ’ Ace said distractedly , wondering why she had bothered coming along . |
| 23 | I accused her , wondering why she had let Rickie play such an appalling din at such volume at such a late hour . |
| 24 | Wondering why he had agreed to take her . |
| 25 | As they resumed their stroll along the beckside , he stole a sideways glance at her , wondering why he had paid no attention to her before . |
| 26 | No , of course not , I replied , wondering why he had brought the subject up : why , too , was he so anxious to avoid it ? |
| 27 | Alright but just wondering why you 've got this book . |
| 28 | Are you wondering why I 've kitted you up ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 're wondering why I 've woken you up . |
| 30 | At the start of the pitch I 'd been worried I could n't do it ; by the belay I was wondering why I 'd rested so often . |