Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Clara , who could see no elegant way of enlarging this tantalizing scrap of information , had to make do with it — she dared not ask any further , for she knew nothing about the Labour Party , nor about the elder Ash 's political views , nor about A. J. Warbley himself , beyond the fact that his name was written up in black Gothic letters over his son 's shop door . |
| 2 | And the one question she wanted to put to him , she dared not ask : ‘ Do you still love me ? ’ |
| 3 | She did not ask any questions . |
| 4 | It was typical of her that , although she regarded Hank as a child , she did not ask who would be supervising the group she imagined would be travelling to New York . |
| 5 | She did not ask him his name , for she did not wish to know it . |
| 6 | She did not ask herself then under what compulsion he had made his plots or constructed his worlds ; she accepted them as one accepts fairy tales in childhood . |
| 7 | She did not ask me foolish questions such as — ‘ How do you propose to go about it ? ’ but instead said with easy grace , reaching into a capacious velvet bag , handing me a card : |
| 8 | She did not ask the outcome of last night 's argument and was relieved when Rose did not offer to tell her . |
| 9 | She did not ask him why he wanted to speak to them . |
| 10 | She had to find out whether her suspicions were true or not , and how else could she ever hope to do that if she did not ask him directly ? |
| 11 | She did not ask my name , nor did I offer it . |
| 12 | He followed her into the living-room but she did not ask him to sit down . |
| 13 | She did n't ask his name she preferred to guess . |
| 14 | She did n't ask permission , and Grigorovich was furious . |
| 15 | She had fully expected to be dismissed the next morning , but nothing was said and she did n't ask . |
| 16 | She did n't ask the question idly , but with the authority of one who expected to be kept informed of everything happening on the island . |
| 17 | At least she did n't ask why I kept my curtains closed in the daytime . |
| 18 | She did n't ask me what my prospects were , or how much I earned , or whether I was sleeping with her daughter — all of which I had thought of as possible avenues of conversation . |
| 19 | She did n't ask what my plans were , or press me for details of any other potentially embarrassing subject . |
| 20 | She did n't ask what I 'd done to my hair . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps the impression I 'm giving is n't quite fair to Sara ; after all , she did n't ask for the job . ’ |
| 22 | She did n't ask him to enlarge further on that long-ago disappointment . |
| 23 | I mean , she did n't ask anything , she just gave me a look when I got back . |
| 24 | She did n't ask him why he had chosen such an expensive place , although she privately resolved to have the cheapest items on the menu . |
| 25 | I do n't want him to say well she did n't come round , she did n't ask me for the money , I mean I have n't ask him for the money and , he 'd like to on a Friday , when one come up , when the next one comes you can you ? |
| 26 | She did n't ask us our name . |
| 27 | on their own back , she did n't ask for it and June ai n't worked since Christmas , so er , I says I know what it 's like with my sister and I mean she 's been right in it ai n't she ? |
| 28 | She did n't ask if she wanted to be my partner . |