Word: asking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sooner had the Vagabond been shoved behind a pillar than the estimable Mr. Welles and Mr. Meredith appeared. Vag gave up all hopes of trying to reach the stage to ask a few of his erudite questions, as he would have been in shreds by the time he got there. Consequently, he became resigned and settled down to hear the proceedings...
...Welles, I should like to ask...
...ask you to correct the opinion ascribed to me in the Crimson, February...
...BARKLEY: I ask unanimous consent that . . . the Senate . . . stand in adjournment until Thursday next...
From this point on, Made for Each Other proceeds to turn its prefacing remark into a bare-faced lie. In the theatre, the "importance" of a character depends solely on how much he matters to an audience. By the time John Mason, having reached his office, tiptoes in to ask his boss for two weeks off in which to take a honeymoon, the question of whether he will get it or not will matter, to the average cinemaddict, almost as much as though the honeymoon were...