Example sentences of "when he asked [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Cullam did n't even look at him and when he asked her at what time her husband had come home on Friday night she said laconically , ‘ Quarter past eleven . ’ |
| 2 | But his reminiscences , twice , thrice told , were lost on the dance-hall air as Erika walked away round the hall , affecting not to see Fritz who was standing moodily by the door , and giving a start of surprise when he asked her to dance . |
| 3 | She gave a similar answer when he asked her to open the automatic cash dispenser . |
| 4 | But Sophia herself made no complaint , and when he asked her if she would like him to give up everything and come here to be with her , she smiled , and shook her head . |
| 5 | But Sophia herself made no complaint , and when he asked her if she would like him to give up everything and come here to be with her , she smiled , and shook her head . |
| 6 | The lecherous Cohn once used his intercom to address an embarrassed starlet when he asked her if she was keeping herself in a state of sexual readiness for him . |
| 7 | The 15-year-old , who can not be named , claimed he was acting out a seduction scene in Home And Away when he asked her : ‘ Do you want sex ? ’ |
| 8 | She 'd fancied him for ages and when he asked her out she managed to keep her cool even though she felt faint . |
| 9 | As soon as her muscles had slackened , she could feel a corresponding movement in him , and his voice was almost normal when he asked her what she would like to eat . |
| 10 | And their shared taste for rich cake with coffee late at night restored her faith in their friendship a little , so that when he asked her about her family 's plans for Christmas she was able to answer in a relaxed and natural way . |
| 11 | Sally-Anne , her heart thudding in the strangest way when he asked her this , as though he had said something much more intimate , and then suddenly understanding by the ambiguous way in which he had spoken that he had offered her other games than chess , and his wicked expression betraying that he had seen her confusion , flushed , and he added softly , so that Matey could not hear him , ‘ Come , McAllister , give me your answer — you surely wish to please the Master in every way possible , ’ the last bit in a fake American accent so bad that she laughed out loud . |
| 12 | When he asked her about her day , over coffee , she was vague . |
| 13 | ‘ What 's — the matter this morning ? ’ she said , in the voice she had used when he asked her for an off-games note . |
| 14 | When he asked her why , she shyly confessed that she was pining for the snows of her native land . |
| 15 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
| 16 | He really did need clubbing all the time — over lining up his putts ; well , we came to an agreement there — only when he asked me . |
| 17 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 18 | This teacher was always making me sit on his knee , and when he asked me questions like ‘ What is the square root of five thousand six hundred and seventy-eight and a half ? ’ , which I could n't answer , he tickled me . |
| 19 | Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful . |
| 20 | ‘ It was great when he asked me to join his band . |
| 21 | We had gone two or three miles when he asked me what I did and how I came to be hitch-hiking . |
| 22 | ‘ And the promises he made me , Father , when he asked me to marry him , ’ she complained to Father Michael . |
| 23 | When he asked me again , we were alone in the sitting-room . |
| 24 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |
| 25 | When he asked me when they opened . |
| 26 | They looked back at him with the bright eyes of rats in old people 's faces and when he asked them a question . |
| 27 | when he asked them change the tyres over they would n't do it . |
| 28 | Since McFarlane was an honourable man , North was not unduly worried when he asked him to alter official documents ; and when McFarlane sat down at North 's computer on November 18th to type in ‘ additional input that was radically different from the truth ’ , North still considered he must have had ‘ a darn good reason for not putting the straight story out ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ And when he asked you to marry him , you accepted , because you did not want to lose your new-found security . ’ |
| 30 | " Why did n't you go with him , when he asked you , why did n't you go to his room ? |