Example sentences of "wondering [subord] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 2 | Shannon held out her hand to both newcomers , wondering if it was simply her imagination that saw a coolly speculative gleam in Marianne 's eyes . |
| 3 | At the time I was very much in love , one of those adventures which seem of overwhelming importance at the time but , afterwards , leave one wondering if it was n't a kind of sickness . |
| 4 | I have put a wee bit of weight on , so I was wondering if it was maybe |
| 5 | In fact she was just checking up on room service , wondering if it was too late to order a plain omelette and salad in her room . |
| 6 | Barbara Coleman was saying something about the former beauty of the garden and its decline , but wondering aloud whether it was fair to say decline because what was happening was that the garden was returning to nature , and further wondering whether it was really and truly nature because some of the plants were not native to the region and did not entirely belong there , and then wondering whether that was not a strange remark to come from one who had made Provence her home for so long that she felt quite a part of the landscape . |
| 7 | Still , sacrifices had to be made , though sometimes one could n't help wondering whether it was all worth while . |
| 8 | ‘ I think it 's all right , ’ responded Floy , warily , but even as he spoke he was wondering whether it was all right , and whether they might n't be better simply to walk back through the forest and on to the road . |