Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] the question " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although I asked myself the question , I knew the answer . |
| 2 | But the more I know them , the more I ask myself the question , ‘ What is the purpose ? ’ |
| 3 | Suddenly she knew the answer , even as she asked herself the question , and realised what she had to do . |
| 4 | No sooner had she asked herself the question than she realized the folly of it — and of the fees she had already demanded . |
| 5 | Another contributor said that if we asked ourselves the question : ‘ Do the agencies discriminate against West Belfast ? ’ , the answer had to be ‘ yes ’ . |
| 6 | But since the pain I have to experience to learn the concept is necessarily my pain , this explanation leads to our asking ourselves the question , ‘ What possible reason could I have to think that other people ever have what I mean by ‘ pain ’ ? ’ — a question which invites the answers , ‘ None ’ ( solipsism ) or , alternatively ‘ An argument from analogy ’ . |