Example sentences of "when [pron] be ask [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was asking them which was their favourite area , not unsurprisingly a couple of them mentioned the Lake District — anytime except in the summer holidays . |
| 2 | Erm the other thing that , that I could n't quite hear but I thought when you were asking him about where he 'd been with the navy , I thought he said to the Far East unfortunately . |
| 3 | She was laughing when you were asking him questions . |
| 4 | But he said , I said it as a joke when she was asking me about my flying and I said I do n't do as much flying as I 'd like to , I 've , I 've got a wife to support and she takes all the money . |
| 5 | When they were asked what the ( say ) ‘ egg ’ was ‘ really , really ’ the three-year-olds answered correctly that it was a stone , but when asked what the object ‘ looks like to your eyes ’ they also said ‘ stone ’ . |
| 6 | Did you feel the pressure of having to ask the questions till then , when , when they were asking you to do it to plans ? |
| 7 | When he is asked what he will do after his own group splits , he usually resorts to humour . |
| 8 | What he gives is his opinion , whereas when he is asked who he will vote for he gives a fact . |
| 9 | Happily Lendl 's humour resurfaced when he was asked what difference marriage had made : ‘ Before I could do everything I wanted to do , now I have to ask . ’ |
| 10 | Yet when he was asked what went through his mind as he confronted the gunman , he replied with a joke . |
| 11 | But when he was asked What are you carrying anyway ? he said Thirteen thousand fir trees . |
| 12 | When he was asked his philosophy , this man said that freedom and release could only come when you saw a muddy ditch as being the same as the beautiful Ganges . |
| 13 | When he was asked his name , Gallacher replied with typical arrogance , ‘ If you do n't know me , you 've no business being on the field ! |