Example sentences of "when he [be] asked [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Attorney General can only act when he is asked to . |
| 2 | Paul , 21 , broke down in tears when he was asked at the Old Bailey if he intended to kill or seriously injure Oxford graduate John Lavender . |
| 3 | When he was asked on 3 June to protect the Catholics in Moorfields , he is said to have replied : ‘ You do not know anything of the business . |
| 4 | However , an Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman , when he was asked on the same day whether negotiations had been more constructive with regard to the long-standing Kashmir dispute , said only that " the talks should be viewed as a measured and gradual approach to stabilization of our relations " . |
| 5 | Knighton 's fiercest response came when he was asked about reported demands . |
| 6 | erm when he was asked about and stood over his shoulder and trying to take mental notes . |
| 7 | If we take the Prime Minister 's words at face value — that the Conserservative party will not raise the rate of VAT — does the hon. Gentleman recall an interview given recently by the Chief Secretary , when he was asked about extending coverage of VAT to transport fares ? |
| 8 | There was also a tinge of sadness in Gerry Britton 's voice when he was asked about his old club . |
| 9 | This was precisely the approach Pearce adopted when he was asked by the Conservative Government to become chairman of British Aerospace in 1980 to prepare it for privatisation . |
| 10 | CHARLTON Heston was at a Republican party rally when he was asked by one of those ghastly eight-year-old American kids for his autograph . |
| 11 | When he was asked by the BBC in November to broadcast a " personal anthology " of poems , he chose those , he said , which had remained in his memory for reasons which were mysterious to him : John Dryden 's " To the Memory of Mr Oldham , Samuel Johnson 's " On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet " , Rudyard Kipling 's " Danny Deever " , Edgar Allan Poe 's " For Annie " and the six lines from Shelley which begin " Art thou pale for weariness . |
| 12 | Professional Footballers ' Association leader Gordon Taylor spoke out about this type of body blow in last week 's ‘ Soccer In Crisis ’ investigation when he was asked by the Echo over spiralling players ' wages . |