Example sentences of "ask after " in BNC.
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1 | I asked after a pause . |
2 | ‘ Can you tell me where to take a left ? ’ he asked after a while . |
3 | ‘ Well , are yer comin' or ai n't yer ? ’ he asked after a long and noisy sip at the cup that cheers . |
4 | Charity asked after Clarissa . |
5 | Mungo asked after a pause . |
6 | Alice asked after her daughter , Mungo 's mother , and complained about the price of bread . |
7 | As we climbed , I asked after Rozanov 's wife , Sonia , and Sasha his son . |
8 | Agnes asked after Kathleen 's health . |
9 | Miriam Durkin asked after a minute or two had passed . |
10 | Allen asked after a while . |
11 | ‘ You 've not been here long , have you ? ’ he asked after a while . |
12 | I asked after a long pause . |
13 | Manville asked after a slight pause . |
14 | We asked after Pop and were glad to hear that at that time he was still well . |
15 | She asked after you , just at the end . ’ |
16 | Whenever worried friends asked after his mum , he told them she was out . |
17 | He asked after you . |
18 | But Daphne only smiled and , as also was customary , asked after Tina . |
19 | ‘ Maman asked after you . ’ |
20 | Huddled over the coffee balloon with Joe , Luke asked after Jeff , and Joe said , ‘ Jeff 's off the poem ’ , and Luke just nodded . |
21 | " Was there much shooting ? " we asked after a while . |
22 | I asked after a silence . |
23 | I asked after a moment . |
24 | ‘ Well , master ? ’ he asked after a moment . |
25 | ‘ What 's it like ? ’ he asked after a moment . |
26 | He asked after Fred 's new play and she ran on with unconvincing enthusiasm about a young actress who was going to be in it . |
27 | ‘ Why do you think so ? ’ she asked after a while , as her initial disapproval was superseded by curiosity . |
28 | Levi asked after his win at Butler National . |
29 | Chen asked after a moment . |
30 | The shop-woman smiled at her and asked after the bereaved family . |