Example sentences of "was ask [conj] she " in BNC.

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1 It was impossible to judge whether she was asking because she was interested or merely for the sake of politeness .
2 A young woman once interviewed on the radio was asked whether she felt that working as a cleaner was beneath her .
3 A member of the BPR , she had just entered the state university , the UES , to Study journalism when she was asked whether she would like to take up the work :
4 His daughter , then five years old , was asked whether she understood why there was such excitement .
5 She was asked if she believed there was life after death .
6 The young lady to whom it was addressed was asked if she could account for it and , covered with confusion , gave her explanation and sent the bomb men on their way .
7 Bishop Tubbs did not have this copy in his hand and so asked the 1662 question , and Madge was asked if she would obey .
8 A GIRL in Ilford was asked if she would like to be a Jehovah 's Witness .
9 During Key Biscayne , Jennifer was asked if she agreed with Monica Seles ' current belief that if she had known then , what she knows now , what life on the tennis circuit would be like , she would not have started at such an early age .
10 Like the other women , Barbara Lipscombe was asked if she had ‘ particular ways of doing things ’ that she regularly kept to in housework :
11 Smiling but looking frail , she was asked if she would be taking things gently , and replied : ‘ A little . ’
12 Smiling but looking frail , she was asked if she would be taking things gently , and replied : ‘ A little . ’
13 First she was asked if she had savings in excess of £2,000 .
14 Jackie was asked if she would take a Thoroughbred mare who had been abandoned in a field and give her a home as a brood mare — but part of the deal was that she also took the pony who had been left with her .
15 The informant was asked when she last ate a cheese slice and then the question was put ‘ And what did you have it on ? ’
16 The very first question Monica was asked when she arrived in the interview room following her comfortable defeat of Mary Joe Fernandez in the final at Linders Park — apart form the gasp of astonishment and general approval for the 1920's style outfit she was wearing , was ‘ Will you go to Wimbledon now ? ’
17 When she told Robert that she was going to confess her dark secret , his reaction was to ask if she expected criticism .
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