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The phrase "when asked the source" is not entirely correct in English; it would be better as "when asked about the source." You can use it in contexts where someone is inquiring about the origin of information or a statement.
Example: "When asked about the source of his information, he hesitated before responding."
Alternatives: "when inquired about the source" or "when questioned about the source.".
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When asked the source of his success, Dr. Yamanaka said it was his willingness to take risks.
When asked the source of his information, Mr. Sokolski, a former member of the Central Intelligence Agency's Senior Advisory Panel, responded, "Let's not get into that".
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Polish government sources though, hedged when asked the same question.
"I don't know," the inspector said, when investigators asked the source of the shots.
When I asked, the source didn't know if these were built for demonstration purposes, or if they were preproduction units.
When a Times Web producer asked the source directly and repeatedly if he was pulling an April Fool's joke, he denied it.
When asked about the source of the story, Wallace said he could not recall the details, but that it was possible that it could have come from phone hacking.
In 1995, Bradman was interviewed for television, and when asked about the source of the leak, responded sharply: "It wasn't me!" In the same year, a biography of Bradman, written with his close co-operation, by Roland Perry, said that Bradman had confronted Corbett to ask who leaked the story, to be told it was Fingleton.
When asked about the source of the statement, Mr. Greenberg said it was Avenues' research on New York City schools -- though most of them open with only a few grades, not 12, making such comparisons tricky.
There was a similarly low and mixed response rate – 210 of 547 cases (38.4%) giving valid responses – when respondents were asked the sources of vitamin D. The three most frequent responses were sunlight (n = 127, 23.2%), vegetables (n = 78, 14.3%) and dairy products (n = 49, 9.0%).
When asked about the source of funding, Sean Duffy, of Coloradans for Coloradans, said: "We have a number of companies from both sides of the aisle, particularly small businesses, who have said that this amendment will hurt their ability to run and grow a business".
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