Example Sentences

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I should not be in the least surprised if he is the man I am inquiring for.

From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

"The girl on whose behalf I am inquiring is called Elsie, and it seems probable she was your friend's daughter."

From A Child of the Glens or, Elsie's Fortune by Hoare, Edward Newenham

So much that I am inquiring for a job; one for my wife, auntie and myself.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various

Very far from foreign to the subject, said I; indeed, your explanations will be of great service in elucidating to me the points about which I am inquiring.

From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke

"It is a fery goot evening, indeed," he said, in as quiet a voice as he could command, "but I am inquiring about these logs."

From The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa by Connor, Ralph