Example sentences of "had asked [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had asked him a few Saturdays ago if everything was all right between them . |
| 2 | Someone at the Chiswick meeting had asked him a question after his speech . |
| 3 | There was a silence , as if I had asked him a very profound question . |
| 4 | He was obliged to return to earth , however , by signs of excitement at the ramparts , which doubtless heralded another attack … and by the Padre who had asked him a question and was waiting with signs of impatience for his reply . |
| 5 | Before either of them could say a word , he turned and began to speak as though they had asked him a question . |
| 6 | ‘ If you had asked me a year ago , ’ said Roycroft , ‘ I 'd have said everything was going wonderfully well — but then it all fell apart . ’ |
| 7 | On the album I make the comment that somebody had asked me the same question and I said , ‘ Yep , my left hand 's doing good , right hand 's doing alright , my mind 's as sharp as a tack . |
| 8 | I replied that of course such decisions were entirely his prerogative , then I fell into a musing mood and sought to recall something Rosa had asked me the previous week about English social customs . |
| 9 | Yet he had asked her a question , a pointed question . |