Example sentences of "and ask [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day , the Head of Sixth Form — a teacher called Don Palmer — came in and asked what we were doing . |
| 2 | Charles walked straight up to him and asked what was wrong . |
| 3 | Trudging back one evening , having been out all day and having had no luck , Charles spotted a large heap of rocks on the hillside above them , and asked what it was . |
| 4 | McLeish decided that since she was unaware of her audience it did not become him to be selfconscious , and asked what she expected even a Senator to achieve in these circumstances ? |
| 5 | Charles called Peregrine a sadist and asked what point there was in teaching cooks and clerks to ski . |
| 6 | According to an apocryphal story he was stopped in the foyer and asked what advice he would give to an eager undergraduate embarking on a career . |
| 7 | Emperor Frederick showed him great kindness and asked what reward he wanted for playing so well upon the bagpipes . |
| 8 | Afterwards , he got me and asked what I was doing in the doorway with Symington . |
| 9 | Ben said that he 'd heard I 'd been having some problems and asked what they were . |
| 10 | They stopped , of course , and asked what had happened , and two minutes later the three girls — clutching a pair of high-heeled shoes — were safely ensconced in the back of the car . |
| 11 | I reported the drop to Warton and asked what was happening with the rescue efforts . |
| 12 | A lackadaisical boy with spots admitted him , and asked what he wanted , as if it did not greatly matter . |
| 13 | The Editor read the cable through and asked what steps I proposed to take . |
| 14 | The Editor was in a very reasonable mood and asked what I could suggest . |
| 15 | At the bottom he found the three letters CIS and asked what it was . |
| 16 | On one of the last occasions I saw him , I mentioned my dealings with Mountbatten and asked what he thought of him . |
| 17 | I called and asked what was happening to my appeal . |
| 18 | Lanre Oke , defending , said Sandiford , 29 , was in the robing room at Southend Crown Court when Laurence Marshall came in and asked what he was doing . |
| 19 | ‘ Then , at the end of the reception , Larry came over to me and asked what I had said to the bride 's father . |
| 20 | Finally , a very sweet nurse came along and asked what I was doing there , as I obviously did not belong . ’ |
| 21 | Once you saw the word " prostitution " in a church magazine and asked what it meant , and once " rape " in the newspaper . |
| 22 | My heart grew sick and I could n't eat , a phenomenon so strange that even Father noticed and asked what was wrong . |
| 23 | On the other hand , on one of my visits I was at a meeting when I heard some commotion outside and asked what it was . |
| 24 | He came in one day and asked what M C C stood for , and I 've always known a lot of useless information , so I could tell him , so I was then dispatched everyday to the erm radio shop in the High Street , to get the cricket scores in Australia . |
| 25 | He never damn well is , Donaldson thought , and asked what was to be done about Mrs Balanchine . |
| 26 | She lit a cigarette and asked what I had thought of Marie Claire . |
| 27 | When Tiguary indicated the gun emplacements at intervals in the Belmont stockade and asked what they were for ( he had an idea ) , Kit waved a hand and answered , ‘ So the chickens can pop in and out . |
| 28 | ( A fine baby boy was born the day Eric arrived , and asked what he thought the child should be called he suggested ‘ Armistizio ’ . ) |
| 29 | I knocked on the door and the SS guard opened it and asked what I wanted . |
| 30 | Rain ousted Zak Smythe from her chair and asked what was going on . |