Sentence examples for pressed for an example from inspiring English sources

When pressed for an example of government corruption, he took a long pensive pause and responded: "Good question, I can't think of any right now".

Finally, when the Colonel was pressed for an example told them about the night in Boise City when the Senator was just getting up steam when an ornery cuss in the back row began to jeer at him.

When pressed for an example, he just stuttered and changed the subject.

Pressed for an example, Barnet recalled an incident at Atlanta's airport when someone marched up to the EPA administrator, started recording him on his cellphone, and yelled "Scott Pruitt, you're fucking up the environment".

But, pressed for a list of examples of government abuse and prosecutorial misconduct, Mr Donohue says that he is not at liberty to pass the information on.

Krzyzewski pressed James for an example.

I pressed him for an example and and he came up with interactive whiteboards, rather than tablets.

Each of the research topics we have raised above can be addressed by looking at the effect across the entire data set, rather than across the few handpicked words used in the original publications (see, e.g., Baayen & Milin, in press, for an example).

When pressed, for example, on how to control costs, usually the thorniest issue, she replied: "It depends on what kind of system you're devising.

But pressed for specific examples of intelligence-gathering being compromised, Sawers and Lobban said they would provide such details only in a private session with lawmakers and not in the highly unusual televised hearing held Thursday.

But when pressed for examples, Dr Martin gave a few: "If it comes from Colombia; if it's leaking a fluid or smells like pot," he said.