Example sentences of "[was/were] ask [pron] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time , people felt they had secure jobs er in the M O D and the dockyard and so people accepted that with pensions and everything that goes with that sort of secure job , now of course the whole situation is enormously diff different and I was saying to , I have some French people staying with me this morning and I was , they were asking me about wages and I was saying to my daughter who works er on a Thursday evening in the local Sainsburys , earns more per hour than a friend of mine , well two friends of mine , one of whom is a carpenter , a fully qualified carpenter and the other is a motor mechanic , and that 's an indication of the sort of level of wages that people are paid in this area . |
| 2 | yes but you were , forgive me Lord you were asking him about deliberate er deceit or there would n't be any point in deliberately , get the exact word , misleading the prospective purchaser |
| 3 | Erm the other thing that , that I could n't quite hear but I thought when you were asking him about where he 'd been with the navy , I thought he said to the Far East unfortunately . |
| 4 | On the bus home that day , she wondered what her parents would have to say , if she were to ask them about it . |
| 5 | ‘ She was asking me about the criminal classes , so I was telling her . ’ |
| 6 | He was asking me about some man called Payne who seems to have died years ago . |
| 7 | But well Evelyn was asking me about reading and writing but first of all she asked did we still go to you see and I said no I sa we s I said we decided it did n't suit him . |
| 8 | But he said , I said it as a joke when she was asking me about my flying and I said I do n't do as much flying as I 'd like to , I 've , I 've got a wife to support and she takes all the money . |
| 9 | I think Alwin and Pat use an auditor cos as you know he 's in business and I 've got a feeling that Alwin was asking me about the auditors the other day , so whether there 's would be , whoever he is , would be er willing to do it , I do n't know . |
| 10 | Like cos he was asking me about Shane |
| 11 | The Perm was soon taking pity on Charlie , as people tended to , and Charlie was asking him about the pressures of fame as if it were something that concerned him from day to day . |
| 12 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 13 | But no , he was asking her about Mathilde , about Katherine . |
| 14 | In the hallway , Nina was asking someone about Clive . |
| 15 | Oh yes , I was asking you about John . ’ |
| 16 | I was asking you about the guy Adam 's been talking to this evening . ’ |
| 17 | How difficult was it Mandy to think when Jenny was asking you about your holiday ? |
| 18 | Oh , Ken was asking us about that . |