Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] wondering [Wh det] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Not surprisingly , their performance was slack and many former friends and jealous local bands , who had charted their progress in the music press , were left wondering what all the fuss was about .
2 But those who saw Saturday 's world premiere in Leeds including Princess Margaret were left wondering what all the fuss had been about .
3 The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start .
4 In a game that went to the fifth day only because many hours were lost to the weather — the actual playing time was two and two-thirds days — one was left wondering what he might have done had he been fully fit .
5 ‘ Perhaps — ’ But he stopped , and Anne was left wondering what it was that he had nearly said .
  Next page