Example sentences of "and asked [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lawyer , however , still wished to win his argument and asked a second question , |
| 2 | Kathleen answered the phone , listened for a minute and asked a few questions , and then cradled the receiver with a groan . |
| 3 | As two young officers strolled near our table Hal waved them to join us and asked a one-word question ‘ Vodka ? ’ to which they smiled happily in agreement . |
| 4 | But when Mr Cheng looked at his papers and asked the first question , Hassan closed his eyes . |
| 5 | On the same day he told the defendants that he was interested in making an offer for Caliban and asked the first defendant to sound out what would be the plaintiff 's response to an offer in the range of $2m. to $2.5m. gross i.e. the plaintiff to bear the agent 's commission . |
| 6 | When it ended , she looped her arms around his neck and asked the one question that had yet to be answered . |
| 7 | He came down looking rather puzzled , and asked the two ladies to see the boy with him . |
| 8 | An exchange of letters with Sir Denis Rooke then followed , and in December the Council basically affirmed the importance of institutional visits as the means by which the CNAA built up a picture of institutions and enabled it to exercise its responsibilities , and asked the Working Party on Partnership in Validation to give consideration to the form such visits should take . |
| 9 | He had an assertive , competitive manner and asked the right questions . |
| 10 | McLeod called the rest of the team together and asked the entire squad if they had access to prescribed drugs . |
| 11 | By the time you have dictated the brief and asked the relevant questions you will have started to form some idea of the answers . |
| 12 | Nevertheless we made a start and asked the Regional Health Authorities to produce manpower plans for the next year . |
| 13 | However , she hid what she was feeling on the subject , and asked the simple question , ‘ How ? ’ |
| 14 | My personal view tended to be that if you approached Mains in a straightforward way and asked the straight question then you got the straight and honest answer . |
| 15 | As we chattered , other villagers crowded around and asked the usual round of Indian questions : where were we from ? |
| 16 | I was just going out when a man came in and asked the same question . |
| 17 | The uniformed guard , who wishes to be known only as John , approached the car and asked the three youths inside to leave . |
| 18 | The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry demanded an investigation and asked the Bulgarian government to comply with undertakings to provide flights home for Vietnamese workers once their contracts expired . |
| 19 | He returned to Downing Street and asked the waiting journalists for their prayers rather than their congratulations . |
| 20 | He produced a book of blank bills and asked an Italian snapper to help him with his expenses . |