Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mick was short of them and I was deliberating whether to get them for him . |
| 2 | I was debating whether to try to stop the bleeding first or to leave him in his uncertain state while I found a way out , trusting he would n't totally pass out , when I heard the main door creak open directly above our heads ; the way Harry and I had come in . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I was wondering whether to put some fuchsia . |
| 5 | I was wondering whether to go erm over to Langley after collecting Heidi . |
| 6 | While she was deciding whether to support the Denver Broncos or the Pittsburgh Pederasts ( whatever ) , I sneaked into the bedroom and nearly had a heart attack to find a three-foot Paddington Bear propped up on the pillow . |
| 7 | Me dad said he 's had enough Well , we were debating whether to give it to you or not . |
| 8 | The silence lengthened as Lucenzo surveyed her , and she knew intuitively that he was debating whether to pursue her or not , wondering if she was worth teasing any longer and perhaps forming some other devilish plan . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | One dark and stormy night , accompanied by his wife Sally ( whom he had married after admiring her motor transport repairs in a Hemswell hangar ) , he was wondering whether to lower the balloons , when lightning struck and solved the problem . |
| 11 | 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 . |