Example sentences of "[noun] when i ask [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as a preview , this was her reply when I asked her whether the problem was , not whether women needed more education , but that men needed educating about women . |
| 2 | Old hands from the music business — usually loquacious if invited to reminisce — were struck by collective amnesia when I asked them about Dury . |
| 3 | ‘ In this hut when I ask something , it is answered , ’ he hissed . |
| 4 | ‘ I clearly got up his nose when I asked him about a report which disputed his status as a big box-office draw , ’ says Barry . |
| 5 | Did n't she realise what a sacrifice when I asked him to make it . |
| 6 | I was n't sure if that girl at the reception desk understood my message when I asked you to phone me . |
| 7 | In Oxford , the voice of the gnomic Professor Sammy Finer , a declared political agnostic , rose a full octave when I asked him about it : ‘ It simply is n't true any longer that merit will out . |
| 8 | I have windows broken at regular intervals and suffer a lot of abuse and foul language when I ask them to move . |