Example sentences of "wonder [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's wondering whether to kill himself , ’ Stok said . |
| 2 | She hesitated , wondering whether to name the person , but decided on the spur of the moment against it . |
| 3 | Then hover , wondering whether to talk or not . |
| 4 | John repaid his debt of gratitude two or three years later , when Lisner was wondering whether to return to Australia and try to start his own company . |
| 5 | My buttocks began to freeze and I was wondering whether to return when I heard the clop of the horse 's hooves and glimpsed Sir John riding vigorously by . |
| 6 | Pat found herself wondering whether to return to Purley , but decided after all to establish herself in the South West and spread the Medau message by taking up teaching again after her rather brief retirement . |
| 7 | Well , there 's a certain romance in floating in a warm swimming pool on a cold winter 's night , looking up at the stars and wondering whether to fling oneself down the rapids or go and sit in a Jacuzzi instead . |
| 8 | She hesitated , wondering whether to lie . |
| 9 | O stared , he did n't know for how long , at him and his outstretched hand , wondering whether to gasp it , fill it with change , or knock it away ; and then he looked up , because he heard his train coming and also because he felt the hot wind on his face . |
| 10 | You will lie in bed , dutiful parents that you are , discussing the fact that he still does his 3s and 5s back to front and wondering whether to arrange extra coaching . |
| 11 | ‘ Er — it 's not my secret , ’ Maggie said evasively , getting up and wondering whether to dive into the water and refuse to surface . |
| 12 | As he was wondering whether to proceed further or retreat a woman appeared , possibly Minton 's mother , who said , ‘ Ah , hullo , you must be Johnny 's latest boyfriend . ’ |
| 13 | Mungo took his scuffed cardboard suitcase off the rack made of knotted cord , wondering whether to say goodbye to his fellow traveller . |
| 14 | In practice however awareness is unequal , variable , uncertain , with impassable limits even in the case of self-knowledge , so that we can never take the full measure of our reactions from all viewpoints ; like the child wondering whether to risk another helping at dinner , we require an ‘ ought ’ whenever we are losing sight of the reaction at an unsustainable height of awareness . |
| 15 | As it is a night of many parties , the more social , the more gregarious , the more invited of the guests are wondering whether to go to Harley Street first , or whether to arrive there later , after sampling other offerings . |
| 16 | A few are wondering whether to go at all , whether the festive season has not after all been too tiring , whether a night in slippers in front of the television with a bowl of soup might not be a wiser choice than the doubtful prospect of a crowded room . |
| 17 | He dithered , wondering whether to go to the restaurant for a cup of coffee while hoping Hunter-Blair would return or else to find a telephone and call his office . |
| 18 | Now I 'm wondering whether to go in and try to find out whether the owner has already got a vet . |
| 19 | I 'm wondering whether to go the A one way , or Longhurst way . |
| 20 | I was wondering whether to go erm over to Langley after collecting Heidi . |
| 21 | No I , I was just sort of erm A wondering and B wondering whether to go back a different way round and |
| 22 | You begin your quest outside the castle armed with a weedy slingshot , wondering whether to swim the shark-infested moat or lower the drawbridge . |
| 23 | For a moment she stood at the door , watching it , wondering whether to answer it or not . |
| 24 | Wondering whether to take up my life or walk right out of it . ’ |
| 25 | I was wondering whether to put some fuchsia . |
| 26 | he said , I I 'm wondering whether to do a meal myself at home . |
| 27 | Melody hesitated a moment or two , wondering whether to speak or hold her tongue . |
| 28 | As he was wondering whether to climb up to it , to see whether he could get a clear view ahead , he heard a movement behind him and turned to find Hawkbit at his shoulder . |
| 29 | A few moments earlier , Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd dithered on the pavement for a few seconds , presumably wondering whether to brave the cameras but thought better of it and he , too , entered by No 12 . |
| 30 | My father keeps wondering whether to bring them in or keep them out . |