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Inquired in sentence

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Stand down, sir.''Would any other gen'l'man like to ask me anythin'?' inquired Sam, taking up his hat, and looking round most deliberately.
'Did you skin the gentleman, Sir?' inquired Mr. Winkle, with a very pale face.
'What?' inquired Mr. Pickwick.
'is this here Mr. Bantam's, old feller?' inquired Sam Weller, nothing abashed by the blaze of splendour which burst upon his sight in the person of the powdered-headed footman with the gorgeous livery.
'Have you been long in Bath, sir?' inquired the powdered- headed footman.
Do you do anything in this way, Sir?' inquired the tall footman, producing a small snuff-box with a fox's head on the top of it.
Re-markable!''Anybody here?' inquired Dowler suspiciously.
Mr. Pickwick, do you see the old lady in the gauze turban?''The fat old lady?' inquired Mr. Pickwick innocently.
You see the splendidly-dressed young man coming this way?''The one with the long hair, and the particularly small forehead?' inquired Mr. Pickwick.
'Have you seen his Lordship's mail-cart, Bantam?' inquired the Honourable Mr. Crushton, after a short pause, during which young Lord Mutanhed had been endeavouring to stare Mr. Pickwick out of countenance, and Mr. Crushton had been reflecting what subject his Lordship could talk about best.
'Have you drank the waters, Mr. Weller?' inquired his companion, as they walked towards High Street.
'And you know,' resumed Mr. John Smauker, with an air of sublime protection--'you know, as you're a stranger, perhaps, they'll be rather hard upon you at first.''They won't be wery cruel, though, will they?' inquired Sam.
'You're wery good, sir,' said Sam.'What a lucky feller you are!''How do you mean?' inquired the gentleman in blue.
'I should think she couldn't wery well be off o' that,' said Sam.'Have you any little thing of that kind in hand, sir?' inquired the favoured gentleman in blue, drawing a toothpick from his waistcoat pocket.
'Which word was that 'ere, Sir?' inquired Sam.
'Who's to do it, Sir?' inquired Sam, with a smile.
'I fully understands my instructions, do I, Sir?' inquired Sam.
'It's reg'larly understood about the knockin' down, is it, Sir?' inquired Sam.
Having inspected the docks and shipping, and viewed the cathedral, he inquired his way to Clifton, and being directed thither, took the route which was pointed out to him.
I said so.''To whom?' inquired Mr. Winkle.
Where is he?"''Who?' inquired Mr. Winkle.
'Is that you, Sam?' inquired Mr. Winkle, springing out of bed.
Mr. Winkle, not much doubting who the young man was, unlocked the door; which he had no sooner done than Mr. Samuel Weller entered with great precipitation, and carefully relocking it on the inside, deliberately put the key in his waistcoat pocket; and, after surveying Mr. Winkle from head to foot, said--'You're a wery humorous young gen'l'm'n, you air, Sir!''What do you mean by this conduct, Sam?' inquired Mr. Winkle indignantly.
The surly groom looked surlier still at this, but not sufficiently so to produce any effect upon Sam, who immediately inquired, with a countenance of great anxiety, whether his master's name was not Walker.
'And how did you know I was here?' inquired Mary.
inquired Mary.
She raised her head and languidly inquired,'Who's that, and what do you want?''Hush,' said Sam, swinging himself on to the wall, and crouching there in as small a compass as he could reduce himself to, 'only me, miss, only me.''Mr.
'Is Miss Allen in the garden yet, Mary?' inquired Mr. Winkle, much agitated.
What's he doing, Sam?' inquired Mr. Winkle.
'Have you got your vind back agin, Sir,' inquired Sam, when they had reached the end.
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