Asked if the plays were sometimes short of the hope he seems to feel, he enquired in return, "How much hope is there in Hamlet?" There was no more to say on the subject.
("Is that a name," as Bill Shankly once enquired when introduced to a reporter with a difficult moniker, "or an address?").
She has already enquired about facilities in the capital for electric cars (none at present), and is busy learning the knack of forging political alliances from the unlikeliest interests.
"HOW high are Chinese interest rates?" your correspondent enquired.
Did they know, he enquired, that the word "twirp" comes from T.W. Earp, the sculptor who was responsible for the figures of Queen Eleanor at Charing Cross?
As Mr Schmitt defended his thesis as "honest, manly work", the interviewer enquired:I have known Mr President for quite a while, and what I don't understand is this: why are you so restrained?
"Jones?" enquired Mr Benaud, as the ball looked as if it had been gloved to the England wicketkeeper.
In the summer of 1662 he occupied his leisure moments by learning the multiplication table, listening to lectures on shipbuilding, and studying the prices of naval stores: "into Thames Street, beyond the Bridge, and there enquired among the shops the price of tar and oil, and do find great content in it, and hope to save the King money by this practise".
In keeping those passages while, in effect, arguing against them, Matthew validates the authenticity of the tradition that John baptized Jesus and later enquired about his true identity.
Italian giants AC Milan have reportedly enquired into the availability of Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel - but it remains to be seen whether the Dane is willing to leave the Championship leaders.
While proclaiming himself a fan of the book, Alec enquired: did anyone really use such phrases as "sick-making" and "drunk-making" with which the story was littered?
