Example sentences of "when she asked " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also it was hard to know what to say to Anne — that 's my wife — when she asked each evening ‘ How was your day ? ’ |
| 2 | I forgot to give it to Madge when she asked for the keys . |
| 3 | She gave Charles the address , and looked so happy and excited when she asked the Stage Door Keeper to get her the Wimbledon number , that he quite forgave her for keeping him hanging about in the draughty passage outside his box . |
| 4 | When she asked the 56 children in the study who they would go to if worried about something , they chose their mother ; not one said they would go to their father . |
| 5 | He was trying to imagine Yanto 's face when she asked him . |
| 6 | So when she asked me where we 'd be without him , my urge was to reply , ‘ Rich . ’ |
| 7 | She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan . |
| 8 | When she asked her opinion of a radio programme , Mrs O replied that , as she had total hearing loss , she did n't hear the programme . |
| 9 | They even searched between the sheets and under the mattresses , and gave no answer when she asked what they were looking for . |
| 10 | When she asked me it would almost bring a tear to my eye . ’ |
| 11 | Walter Smith 's sister Dawn said she visited her brother in hospital before he died and he had squeezed her hand when she asked : ‘ Was it Mo ? ’ |
| 12 | Six months later , when she asked for it to be given to Arrowe Park Hospital , which saved her son 's life , she was told the money was in a ‘ suspense account ’ . |
| 13 | When she asked for Sergeant MacDonald there was a pause , then the man on the other end of the line told her to wait . |
| 14 | However , discussion revealed that possible rewards were presently available to Olwyn ; all her toys , favourite TV programmes , foods and so on were given when she asked for them , irrespective of her behaviour . |
| 15 | Diana found it a place of ‘ dead energy ’ and grew to despise the smooth evasions and subtle equivocations employed by courtiers , particularly when she asked them directly about her fiancé 's former relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles . |
| 16 | I undressed her in her South Kensington hotel room and fucked her , only retreating to the safety of the street outside when she asked me to stay the night so that she could pretend to be my mother . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a secret , ’ Nick said when she asked him what they were laughing about . |
| 18 | In the café the sullen girl in glasses merely muttered , ‘ Fuori , ’ when she asked where Giovanna and her family were . |
| 19 | Henrietta came down to lunch , still shivering slightly , in a sweater and jeans , and refused to discuss her experience , telling Jacqueline not to be bloody silly when she asked if she 'd seen crocodiles . |
| 20 | There was an awkward moment at the breakfast-table when she asked him why he was wearing his Sunday suit . |
| 21 | He seemed distracted when she asked him about Island Trading 's reliability . |
| 22 | When she asked him if he would come with her to see Joanne he put forward the excuse of having his article to write , so Lyn went with Kevin . |
| 23 | He seemed only mildly surprised when she asked him , in the appalling police jargon that made her cringe , to accompany her to the local police station . |
| 24 | It was finally answered by a man who spoke with an artificial , lazy drawl and was suspicious when she asked for Urquhart by name . |
| 25 | Johnson did not drink her proffered dram , but Boswell and the two guides did , and when she asked them for snuff , her great luxury , they had none , but gave her money instead . |
| 26 | When she asked the price she was told £1 . |
| 27 | He would not be prepared when she asked him why he had sent two men to beat up a pathetic hotel clerk and frighten a vulnerable old woman . |
| 28 | He took no notice when she asked him to slow down . |
| 29 | He had begun to walk on when she asked about Tavett . |
| 30 | When she asked her pupils the name of one of the disciples quick as a flash came the answer , " Matthew … cap'n . " |