Sentence examples for a routine question from inspiring English sources

I called the company in Florida holding my home equity loan with a routine question.

When she was asked a routine question about whether she had taken drugs or alcohol, which could have clouded her judgment, she quipped, "I wish".

Late in 1998, Jordanian officials went to the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's station in Amman with a routine question.

He refused to answer a routine question about whether he would have authorized the use of nuclear weapons were he in the shoes of Harry S. Truman, his favorite president, explaining, "I just don't feel like it".

But when the judge asked a routine question about his state of mind, Israel declared that he only understood "60 to 70%" of the proceedings because he was taking methadone to wean himself off an addiction to prescription drugs.

Emre Can was just coming to the end of a chat with the Sunday newspapers when a routine question about winning back his place in the Germany squad caught him slightly off guard.

CHICAGO, Dec 24 (Reuters) - "What brand are you smoking?," could become a more routine question among Coloradans in January, when anyone 21 or older will be able to buy up to an ounce of marijuana from a state-licensed retail store for recreational use.

At the box office, there was the routine question, "D'you have a season ticket?" She supposed that was to have been bought when the Rendall Harris engagement was first announced.

We're on our own now and a routine first question about him making the welterweight limit of 67kg (10st 7lb) opens the door into a bleak place.

Asked a routine civic question, Mr. Crenshaw needled his opponent by replying he would not answer "on the grounds that I might incriminate myself".

The lawmaker was charged with misdemeanor assault for "body-slamming" The Guardian's Ben Jacobs after the reporter asked a routine policy question.