I enquired whether his incisive portrait of Bacon, stolen when the Tate lent it to a show in Berlin, had been recovered.
Speaking with the chief executive of a large successful international arts festival about the return of its marketing manager after six months of maternity leave, I enquired whether she would be working flexibly in future.
He asked if there was anything else and I enquired whether the little mural Dudley Edwards painted for him was still in his house in London.
I enquired about whether we could move from our seats at the back and into the area where there were large numbers of unused seats with my Military ID card and was told that that was not possible.
I would like to enquire whether this process was followed because the situation we find ourselves in is quite extraordinary: This is the first time that the European Parliament has been prevented from debating a resolution agreed by all the parliamentary groups in response to an extremely serious situation, such as the case of Mrs Haidar.
I excitedly enquired whether Rob Smyth and Rob Bagchi might be there, and was met with a blank stare.
I called Francis before I investigated Lund's past to enquire whether my mother should be prepared to confront a hideous truth.
"I will not stop to enquire whether the period through which we are passing is one that permits the railing at death, and making it the subject of jokes", was a typically pompous review that especially pleased Berners.
Hotel Banks is only a few months old and has had definite teething troubles - no TVs, a non-functioning café, no check-in after 8pm - so be sure to enquire whether these have been resolved before booking.
To imply that this worldly wisdom served merely to conceal his struggle is to miss what he was struggling for — which was, always, to "endeavour to see things as they are, and then enquire whether we ought to complain".
The ICC executive board discussed the issue at a meeting in Dubai on Wednesday, and its chief executive, Haroon Lorgat, said: "We are not satisfied with this appointment and we have written to tribunal chairman Michael Beloff QC to enquire whether this could be viewed as a breach against the terms of his suspended sentence".
