Asked

Examples

• The porter lit it again, and I asked if that was all the light the clerk sent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• And then I asked him if I might come to see you; because I felt so much for his trouble and yours. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I begged a fortnight's grace from the creditor, asked for a holiday from my employers, and spent the time in begging in the City under my disguise. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I asked Mr. Farebrother to talk to her, because she had forbidden me--I didn't know what else to do, said Fred, apologetically. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I asked George Lamb if he had heard Mr. Livius's new piece. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Since that, we have quarrelled, and I have vainly asked him to return me my farce or pay me for it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At the hotel I asked Catherine to wait in the carriage while I went in and spoke to the manager. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I asked first if Sir Percival was at the Park, and receiving a reply in the negative, inquired next when he had left it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I asked at once that Sigel might be relieved, and some one else put in his place. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There he called up Pittsburg and asked for their best operator. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Anyone who has had the smallest experience of municipal politics knows that the corruption of the police is directly proportionate to the severity of the taboos it is asked to enforce. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• We cannot pretend to-day that we have arrived at solutions to most of the questions they asked. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But then came the crazy and you asked him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I asked Caddy what had made their parents choose this profession for them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We have endeavored here to embody all the answers to questions that we suppose may be asked. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• I don't blame you--I only asked the question. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• However, in passing a wholesale tea-house he saw a man tasting tea, so he went in and asked the 'taster' if he might have some of the tea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Bella asked him, had he any notion who that unknown friend might be? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When they were alone, Mr. Lorry asked him what he had done? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• To keep up the conversation, I asked Mr. Vholes if he would like to live altogether in the country. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He asked his informant, the butler, whether the doctor had been sent for. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He called me by name and he knew Jane, for he asked for her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• But I have asked him to forgive me since,' cried Bella; 'and I would ask him to forgive me now again, upon my knees, if it would spare him! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She was engaged to breakfast that morning with the Duchess of Beltshire, and at twelve o'clock she asked to be set ashore in the gig. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The servant who stood holding the door, asked no question of John, neither did he go before them or follow them as they went straight up-stairs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Anselmo asked Fernando, the two of them standing at the entrance of the big rocks in the dark. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Then he asked if he could have strychnine. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Fernando asked, his eyes shut. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I asked him what happened and he said, Oh, they stopped them. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I asked, as my friend entered the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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