Sentence examples for inquire of someone from inspiring English sources

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As she left, she heard his puzzled voice inquire of someone, "What language is that?" Scene: A fine Chinese restaurant on the East Side of Midtown Time: Lunch Participants: Six business executives, including Len Corlin Action: None for about 10 minutes.

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After the event, I noticed the woman who had asked this question having a rather agitated conversation, inquiring of someone who appeared to be a superior.

("How camest thou to Earth's prophetic navel?" the Loeb's Medea inquires of someone returning from Delphi). The Chicago translations, with their crisp, straightforward and dignified English, manage on the whole to convey the meaning, if not always the varied styles, of the originals.

"Law enforcement doesn't want it, Texans don't want it," Larson said, adding that the amendment barring police from inquiring about the license of someone openly carrying a firearm, "crippled law enforcement's ability to ensure the legislation is enforced". More than two dozen gun-related bills have been filed in Texas this legislative session.

It is rude to inquire of a maimed individual how he lost his missing body part, and if you receive an invitation marked "not transferable" you musn't hand it over to someone else.

Instead of putting a "sad story" spin on disability whenever they inquire about someone, saying something along the lines of, "But it's ok".

For in determining whether any distribution of income is just, it is not enough to inquire whether someone has earned his income by playing by the rules.

He said that Mr. Martinez vowed not to walk the streets of the district with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg until the mayor rescinded an order that allows city workers in certain instances to inquire about someone's immigration status.

Inquire of the concierge.

It therefore sends a message to inquire of these parameters.

The younger ones, 11 and 8, inquired of their mother if someone could, perhaps, taint their candy.

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