Example sentences of "whether [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked whether his made things a little awkward between the actresses , Leigh was dismissive : ‘ It did n't affect us at all . |
| 2 | The provisions of the 1990 National Health Service and Community Care Act make the following statutory requirements of case managers : ‘ Where it appears to a local authority that any person for whom they may provide or arrange for the provision of community care services may be in need of any such services , the authority ( a ) shall carry out an assessment of his needs for those services and ( b ) having regard to the results of that assessment , shall then decide whether his needs call for the provision by them of any such services . ’ |
| 3 | I was gon na say I do n't know whether I like halibut . |
| 4 | I 'm not sure whether I take AIDS that seriously . |
| 5 | However , if X is there , it is there whether I take account of it or not . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether I got Aids from a needle , from a boyfriend , or from a trick . |
| 7 | Question , of whether I ask Pauline , or I whether I just do it . |
| 8 | Personally I would have preferred a review of what software exists , and whether I require access to a PC or a Cray supercomputer . |
| 9 | For a start , they own that flexible ‘ I ’ ( when I say ‘ I ’ you will want to know within a paragraph or two whether I mean Julian Barnes or someone invented ; a poet can shimmy between the two , getting credit for both deep feeling and objectivity ) . |
| 10 | Whether it was talking to travellers or just listening to the lads , whether I felt warmth or animosity did not matter . |
| 11 | I 'm not sure whether I believe Rick Lawrence killed Angy or not but I am sure that you did n't , truly I am . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If you 're asking whether I think David could be the murderer , then I 'm afraid the answer is yes . |
| 13 | Erm I do n't know whether I think post rather erm er I see I 'm not going to London after erm after this week |
| 14 | You never consider whether I have feelings . |
| 15 | It seems then that our present suggestion has the effect that whether I have knowledge will depend commonly on which other apparently gratuitous beliefs I may have . |
| 16 | I do n't want to be a society lady any more , but I 'm not quite sure whether I want journalism to be my life 's work . |
| 17 | But , remarkable or not , this is what we say ; there is this language game in which what happens later ( 7–8 , 14 , etc. , cf. 100 ) is the criterion ( 22 ) of my meaning someone , or something : asked whether I wanted Jones to come , I answer almost as I answer a question about my present sensations ( 7 ) and yet I say , ‘ I meant you , not Jones . ’ |
| 18 | In 148 of the 168 procedures I recorded whether I used diathermy . |
| 19 | Ca n't remember whether I owe Madge a letter or she owes me one . |
| 20 | In a sane world , I thought , we would have discussed the state of my feelings , debated whether I loved Syl sufficiently to commit the rest of my life to him , questioned my views on the institution of marriage , examined my mother 's motives in striving to introduce me into this state , have said something of some interest . |
| 21 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 22 | Whether you chair meetings or have subordinates who do , make sure that a conscious effort goes into clarifying the reasons for the gathering . |
| 23 | I do n't know whether you know Simon ? |
| 24 | But I like it , I like to go to , yeah , I 've got even friends there , , I do n't know whether you know San ? |
| 25 | You did n't know whether you you did n't know whether you got day or night . |
| 26 | Well I do n't know whether you like salmon or not . |
| 27 | ONCE upon a time , whether you produced pots that were thrown on a wheel or hand-made and slab-sided , there were only a limited number of variables . |
| 28 | You were asked whether you told Mr about the solicitors letter |
| 29 | That 's it an approved credit guideline and er that is the problem at the moment that the approved er credit guideline for the non T S G schemes is really insufficient and is having to be propped up er from elsewhere within the budget , your Chairman yesterday met with the er gentleman er the suited gentleman from Bedford and , and er having er given them appropriate cups of coffee er , impressed upon them that the er the one point two was really insufficient for one or two million er , er credit approvals was really insufficient for the needs of Suffolk and er they went away did they not Chairman saying that they er appreciated the point whether you had success or not or perhaps to er wait until December ? |
| 30 | It depends how much you got into whether you had asthma or not . |