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The phrase "a call asking after" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a phone call made to inquire about someone's well-being or situation.
Example: "I received a call asking after my grandmother, who has been unwell lately."
Alternatives: "a call inquiring about" or "a call checking on".
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So, four years after getting a call asking if she were interested in writing for television ("I don't think so," she initially replied, at a loss for ideas), Ms. Bloom, noted for her novels and short stories, is now also a television writer.
Not long after, they get a call asking them to come back to the dealership.
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They grew accustomed to his late-night phone calls asking for feedback after he finished writing a paper.
Ms. Norman will perform on Saturday, in a concert of Duke Ellington's sacred music at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine; and on March 16, in the premiere of a piece called "Ask Your Mama!" after the book of poems by Langston Hughes.
Periodically he called his mother, asking after the family.
So instead of futilely shouting, "You can't be serious!" at linesmen and umpires, players can raise their hand immediately after a call and ask for a replay.
He gave the former Liberal Democrat MP, David Laws, a call soon after becoming shadow Chancellor asking him to join the modernised Conservative Party.
"They called that flagrant?" Van Gundy asked after his partner Mike Breen declared that it was clearly not a flagrant.
Not long ago, I called Tena Alonzo, and asked after some of the residents I had met.
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