Example sentences of "was asking [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By his next letter he had recovered his good humour and was asking to be forgiven . |
| 2 | Nero wants you for the circus , he seems to have taken a fancy to you and was asking about the lanolin — say no more ! |
| 3 | I explain that I was asking about Class War Federation 's next event . |
| 4 | Not until she was quite grown up did it dawn on her that the questioner was asking about — or , rather , refuting — the possibility of any mother actually rejecting her child . |
| 5 | Quietly D'Arcy said : ‘ Why did you never mention that you had a wife and child when I was asking about relatives or friends who might be in danger from these Iranians ? ’ |
| 6 | We got talking one evening last week , and he was asking about Carinish Court . |
| 7 | ‘ I was asking about your hip . |
| 8 | Dr Mortimer wanted to know why I was asking about Mrs Lyons . |
| 9 | I was asking about that . |
| 10 | ‘ I was asking about the health of your grandfather , someone I care about very much . |
| 11 | yeah , he was asking about you and |
| 12 | no she only works at nights and she was asking about nights for Carrie you see , cos I |
| 13 | Somebody was asking about this new |
| 14 | Michael was asking about my menswear . |
| 15 | Absolute total recall — it was Portia 's famous ‘ The quality of mercy is not strained ’ from The Merchant of Venice — and mercy was what I was asking for , literally , at that moment . |
| 16 | Most if not all the cases we get in Easton , I 'd honest to God say the victim was asking for it.PC . |
| 17 | and another voice was asking for a priest . |
| 18 | Now in some obscure way Rachel was asking for something , for help , for reassurance , for permission . |
| 19 | It was asking for trouble especially if you wore glasses like him . |
| 20 | Besides , what if all my lodgers was asking for favours ? |
| 21 | Rosslyn realised that the horse was asking for help , and that his manners had n't just experienced a mysterious and miraculous change for the better during the course of the day ! |
| 22 | Such cheating may take the form of coaching or practice , but it may also take the subtle form of the chemistry teacher who asked the GCE student , ‘ are you sure that is what you want ? ’ when she was asking for some particular potion to complete an experiment in a practical examination , or the American teacher on the same 1987 visit who pointed to a particular answer in a workbook and asked the student to ‘ check that out ’ . |
| 23 | It was such a big place and nobody seemed to know the whereabouts of the junior physician she was asking for . |
| 24 | Faint appeal touched her expression as if she was asking for help . |
| 25 | It was asking for it . |
| 26 | Anyway , he added to himself , as he looked with pity at the little boy , it was asking for trouble , giving him such a daft name . |
| 27 | After his triumph , Benn said : ‘ I do n't want to fight Eubank because I do n't like him but I 'll take it for the million he was asking for . ’ |
| 28 | On 22 June , when the Prime Minister was asking for a corps of at least 5,000 parachutists , the commando idea was moving in a number of directions . |
| 29 | Nigel was n't very well and was asking for me . |
| 30 | Just for once , the headstrong Duchess who had so often flouted royal convention was asking for help and guidance . |