Sentence examples for asked could not from inspiring English sources

And Bush, when asked, could not recall one error.

When she wrote the play in January, the first guy she asked could not do it.

She is clearly frustrated that Theresa May, having chosen to take the legal high road over deporting Abu Qatada rather than succumbing to backbench pressure to get rid of him with few questions asked, could not have the courage of her apparent convictions and claim his eventual departure as a victory for doing things by the book.

It was obvious that nothing I was asked could not have been verified online or by publication date.

Why, a man asked, couldn't he clean up corruption?

Why, I asked, couldn't the deposit simply be credited to the card, avoiding the hassle of dealing with paper?

Still, Richards was repeatedly asked, couldn't Planned Parenthood just use money it raised or charged for other services to treat poor people, without getting the government involved?

"I asked, 'Couldn't we wait until 8?' " Toney chose to play in college at Auburn, but became frustrated with the team's system and transferred to Florida State.

At the time, Gary L. Ackerman, Democrat of New York, asked, "Couldn't you all have downgraded to first class or jet-pooled, or something, to get here?

That's right: 23percentt of the people USA Today asked couldn't name a single scientist, living or dead, famous or obscure.

Why, they asked, couldn't less be as impressive as more?