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Example sentences for "asked permission"

  • As he passed, therefore, from his dinner that same day, I asked permission to follow him into his cabinet.

  • Charmel, attacked with the stone, asked permission to come to Paris to undergo an operation.

  • He asked permission to do so, and, the permission being granted, he set about his enterprise.

  • As daylight was now appearing, and they had all drunk freely, I asked permission of the Inca to return to my lodging and get something to eat, and that on another day I would state frankly what I had come for.

  • Then I asked permission of the Inca to preach to those who were not Christian, as he was one.

  • Afterwards I asked permission to state what I had come for.

  • While in Bristol, he asked permission to look at the interior of the Cathedral.

  • When a year or two had elapsed, he asked permission to visit his old master and fellow servants.

  • A year and a half afterward, on First Day, after meeting, he asked permission to speak to me.

  • He asked permission of the king to conquer Florida, where it was believed there was much gold, and offered to fit out the expedition at his own expense.

  • When she was taken away, he asked permission to embrace her, and took a most touching farewell.

  • On the morning of the Tuesday after our return from City Point, Mrs. Lincoln came to my apartments, and before she drove away I asked permission to come to the White House that night and hear Mr. Lincoln speak.

  • The gentleman entered the White House, and working his way to the President, asked permission to introduce Mr. Douglass to him.

  • When I asked permission to carry the laces to Mrs. Lee, in order to learn whether she could approve my selection or not, he gave a ready assent.

  • But no, when I asked permission to stay over night, it was coldly refused.

  • Even then, he asked permission to take it to his chamber.

  • We asked permission to go upon the boat, and the captain kindly granted it, but desired us to be very still.

  • His troops, in revenge, asked permission to attack the main body at Las Trincheras by themselves.

  • Among other proposals he asked permission to cross Argentine territory with a Columbian army to overturn the despotism of Dr.

  • At Lewiston a very dignified Indian, a Nez Perce, asked permission to join our company to Walla Walla.

  • As we were dismounting one of the scouts, Al Igo, asked permission to ride up the ridge a ways and get a better look at the country.

  • Not a word was spoken until I asked permission to go to the body of Langdon and straighten it out.

  • After questioning the good-natured old rector rather closely, and obtaining little more than the above information, I asked permission to see the house.

  • After tea I asked permission to inspect the old family Bible, much to the astonishment of uncle Joe, who had no sympathy with antiquarian tastes, and marvelled that I should take any interest in so mouldy a volume.

  • I asked permission of her to be absent an hour for that purpose, and her consent for two hours was given.

  • I asked permission of the guards to enter, but was informed their orders were very strict to allow no one to go in without permission.

  • As we were on the boat over Sunday, I asked permission of the captain to talk to the soldiers.

  • When dinner was over I asked permission to retire, and His Highness gave orders for a guard with lanterns to conduct me to my door.

  • After Jan Mahomed Khan had politely asked permission to depart, we got ready to go to the Palace.

  • After about an hour, I asked permission to retire.

  • I asked permission to make an examination of his temperature and condition, and found he had four degrees of fever (102.

  • The Duke, with politeness, asked permission of my mother to write a billet to his brother, with a report of Lord Walwyn, at the writing- table in the room.

  • So I asked permission of the Queen to let my son resume his studies, and of Mademoiselle to leave her for the time.

  • He asked permission to accompany me to prevent any further annoyance, and Jean Marie, to the extreme disgust of the servants, mounted the box, to serve as an additional guard.

  • He asked permission to send me a trophy from the first action in which he used "that" sword, and didn't I say yes!

  • One of the devoted pickets, after setting me carefully in the most comfortable place, asked permission to accompany me as far as the carriage; he was sure he could assist me more carefully than the drivers.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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