Example sentences of "ask [adv] he " in BNC.

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1 And , too , another part of her mind was asking how he dare go almost insane because his daughter had committed the so-called sin when he himself , by his own admission , was keeping a woman on the side .
2 How Malcolm was asking how he could help
3 He said : ‘ We are trying to keep the kids informed because he is a very popular lad and lots of people keep asking how he is .
4 Adis has been asking when he 'll next see his father , a Bosnian Muslim fighting with the local militia .
5 Pennethorne immediately complained to Hall , asking why he had lost the work ; Austin , the Secretary , wrote back on 28th May , saying that the Office had been reorganized with Pennethorne retaining the architectural work , subject to certain buildings being open to competition , and Hunt , ‘ the most fit and experienced person that could be found ’ , taking over the surveying work .
6 ‘ The posh voice last night who kept asking where he could send flowers to for Salome . ’
7 ‘ He kept asking where he could send flowers and whether it would be better to send them to the hospital or to here if she was coming home . ’
8 An instance of the mentality of these activists can be seen in a letter to the autumn number of the magazine from Malcolm Shifrin , who asks how he can influence the great majority of members who do not vote .
9 Asked how he reacted to the distribution of 10,000 copies of the pamphlet to Winchester parents , staff , old boys , MPs , peers and the Press , Lord Aldington said : ‘ Horror .
10 Asked how he decides on the price of a dish , the Cook ( Richard Bohringer ) explains that black ingredients are always the most expensive because people like to remind themselves of death .
11 The Sufi sage , Hadrat Uwais el-Qarni , a contemporary of Mohammed , was once asked how he was feeling .
12 When asked how he knew , he evaded an answer , together with any reference to his call on Charity Rainham earlier .
13 When asked how he was , he replied ‘ Almost well ’ meaning that he would soon be leaving his feeble body for an eternity of glory with Christ .
14 When Picasso was asked how he painted , he replied , ‘ I do not seek , I find . ’
15 Milton Erickson , a marital therapist , when asked how he would describe a good marriage , answered :
16 When asked how he now felt about his former pronouncement , he replied without hesitation : ‘ I would have no problem with the use of this gift in public , with interpretation , in fact I would encourage it ! ’
17 When asked how he felt about working with Roisin Hart , the nurse who reported him , he said he did not foresee any problems .
18 When asked how he pleaded , Mitchum replied , ‘ Not guilty . ’
19 When asked how he had enjoyed his stay at Castaic , he said , ‘ It was a relief to get away for a while .
20 Not long before all this , he had been asked how he felt about his sex-symbol image .
21 Asked how he thought early results were going , he said : ‘ I 've seen better , but we 'll see . ’
22 Asked how he had beaten the march of time Willis , 37 , would only say : ‘ Tricks of the trade . ’
23 When asked how he has chosen between the various versions of the same subject by Titian , Laclotte says that he has simply aimed for the best .
24 In an interview with the French business journal La Tribune last week , Passera was asked how he persuaded Digital Equipment Corp to increase its stake in Olivetti early , and at what price .
25 Asked how he rates himself as a novelist , he replies : ‘ All I can say is that every single book has sold more than the last .
26 Asked how he would tackle a photographic assignment based on the theme ‘ Positivity ’ for the Grolsch Showcase Competition , Dermot O'Shea replies : ‘ I would have to think very carefully about the word , its meaning and what it suggests to me .
27 When asked how he knew that Woodcock was gay , Minton replied , ‘ Your wit . ’
28 When asked how he knew this , he would become very vague , saying , ‘ There are things I ca n't tell you guys , you 'll just have to take my word for it . ’
29 If asked how he feels about anything , he says ‘ I do n't mind . ’
30 Twenty-six-year old Gary Ashton , who lives in Southend-on-Sea and imports cane furniture , looks unsure when asked how he will raise all the money , then replies that he will probably re-mortgage his flat .
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