Example sentences of "[pron] wondered [subord] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 While they were bringing me food , I wondered whether to pick up a handful of the little men and throw them to their death .
2 It was too dark to see anything and I wondered whether to call out .
3 I wondered whether to call and say I understood , I forgave her ; we 'd meet next week some time .
4 I wondered whether to risk coming in or not .
5 She wondered whether to ask Mrs Baggley if she realised that she might have been the last person to see or hear of Paul Gray alive .
6 Walking past the vicarage , she wondered whether to call in to see Mark and Sophia , but judged that they were probably busy doing their packing .
7 She wondered whether to say that she had missed him .
8 She wondered whether to wipe the guards again .
9 The Copleys had gone upstairs to take their afternoon rest and for a moment she wondered whether to tell them to lock their bedroom door .
10 She wondered whether to climb in beside him , or quietly masturbate .
11 She wondered whether to stay where she was , cold and tear-stained , and let her father find her and pick her up to comfort her as he did when she was small .
12 She wondered whether to escape by pulling the material away , but did not want to tear her best dress .
13 She wondered if eating when you did n't feel hungry was brave .
14 Paneth and Peters knew about palladium 's ability to absorb lots of hydrogen and they wondered whether packing so much of it in between the palladium atoms might increase the chance of the hydrogen atoms bumping into one another , thereby fusing and producing helium .
15 He wondered whether to call the invitation dinner or supper .
16 He wondered whether to give her his typescript to read .
17 He wondered whether to tell the four of them seated there about the death of Dr Kemp , for they 'd have to know very soon anyway .
18 He wondered whether to stand and fight .
19 For a moment he wondered whether to knock , but decided against it .
20 He wondered if falling in love with the nurse was n't a necessary stage of convalescence .
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