Example sentences of "[was/were] asked the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well sir , I 've recently come across an American sex survey in which a large number of US ladies were asked the question : ‘ How long do you usually like love play to last ? ’ |
| 2 | When his sons returned to Tahiti and were asked the fate of their father they said : |
| 3 | Subjects who were asked the questions when under hypnosis made significantly more errors in their subsequent descriptions of events . |
| 4 | Margaret Spencer reported on a discussion held at a Schools Council Language for Learning Project Conference in 1981 , when teachers were asked the question " Why do we ask children to read to us ? " |
| 5 | After watching a film of a car accident some subjects were asked the two questions in ( 3 ) . |
| 6 | Another group of subjects were asked the questions in ( 4 ) . |
| 7 | Respondents were asked the further question , ‘ What did you do when you had the problem for some time ? ’ |
| 8 | The figures are different to the perception of those not incontinent who were asked the same question : 71% ( 2564 ) thought that the condition would have a great deal or fair amount of effect on their lifestyle and only 20% ( 692 ) not much or none at all . |
| 9 | If one were asked the question what are the four chief characteristics of the Suffolk horse ? the answer would certainly be — colour , quality , compactness and hardy constitution . ’ |
| 10 | Voters were asked the question : " Are you in favour of the Lithuanian state being an independent , democratic republic ? " |
| 11 | 42% said they were actively doing something to ‘ avoid getting TB ’ and were asked the open-ended question ‘ what are you doing to avoid getting TB ? ’ . |
| 12 | Subjects were asked the open-ended question : ‘ why do you think there is more TB going around recently ? ’ . |
| 13 | Accordingly , they were asked the direct question : " Would you describe this as science fiction ? " |
| 14 | Lieutenant-general Wolfgang Schwanitz , the new head of the Office for National Security , the former Stasi , was asked the other day why he had not opposed and exposed excesses when he was deputy head of the organisation . |
| 15 | And when he came last night and was asked the reason , he said he never dreamed I would be allowed to come . |
| 16 | The young pilot had the grey filly nicely placed to make his winning move around the two furlong mark and when the question was asked the English-trained miler was the one with all the answers . |
| 17 | But I was asked the same thing after Duncton Wood came out , I said I 'd never do another and I 've written five more . |