ASKING

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asking substantiv

cerere etc. (v. ask);

to be had for the asking la cerere, gratis; se obţin foarte simplu etc.

Van Helsing broke the silence by asking Arthur:—Answer me, oh my friend! Am I to proceed in my work?

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

That’s what I’m asking you.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And his asking to be allowed to go out for five minutes!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I didn't know, and now I do know, and that shows the advantage of asking—don't it?

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

In reply I had a telegram asking for a description of Dr. Shlessinger’s left ear.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What is the use of asking me questions when I tell you I know nothing whatever about it?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This is a time of reward, but also one of change, so you may feel that life is asking much from you.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

The affection, which he had been asking to be allowed to create, if he could, was already his!

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

"What's the use of asking that, when you know we shall wear our poplins, because we haven't got anything else?" answered Jo with her mouth full.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I cannot imagine why Mrs. Grant should think of asking her?

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)