Sentence examples similar to when I asking from inspiring English sources

"When?" I ask.

(Koon, when I asked, demurred).

In Arghandab, when I asked Cmdr.

"When I asked why not, he blushed.

When I asked about Richard, he smiled.

They were there when I asked.

When I asked Professor Bäckström, he hesitated.

"Twelve?" he guessed when I asked.

When I asked him who, he shrugged.

When I asked one A.A.U.

When I ask Otis, he shrugs.