Examples of 'had been asked' in a sentence
Meaning of "had been asked"
The phrase 'had been asked' is a past perfect tense indicating that someone had received a request or inquiry prior to a specific point in the past. It suggests that the person in question had been approached or questioned about something before the time being discussed. This phrase is often used to establish a timeline or explain a sequence of events
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had been asked
A question had been asked about street children.
The following questions had been asked.
A question had been asked about alternatives to imprisonment.
It was not known if they had been asked to sign.
They had been asked not to talk to media.
With the lecture he had been asked to give.
I had been asked to take part in a literary festival.
Several questions had been asked regarding censorship.
Of what was going on and how names had been asked for.
Tom said he had been asked a lot of questions.
And reimburse the penalty it had been asked to pay.
I had been asked over as the official photographer.
Odette and myself had been asked to produce it.
I had been asked to perform for a corporate event.
The impossible had been asked of the men.
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It had been asked to prepare a report based on a specific mandate.
A number of questions had been asked about juvenile justice.
He had been asked to provide explanations and had not done so.
A number of questions had been asked about health care.
They had been asked to do so by various senior political figures.
It was clear she had been asked to leave.
And had been asked not to do it again.
I understood why her first question had been asked.
If that had been asked of us in this particular case.
That was not what he had been asked to do.
Jones had been asked to join her.
People living along the banks had been asked to be on alert.
None had been asked to come.
She had almost forgotten she had been asked a question.
These groups had been asked to put forward participants.
Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.
The couple had been asked so many questions.
Some projects received fewer funds than had been asked for.
Questions had been asked about detention.
The questions in the list of issues had been asked on that basis.
A question had been asked by a government member.
I thοught all the questiοns had been asked and answered.
He had been asked to leave and go home.
Others were simply artists who had been asked to participate in exhibitions.
She had been asked by one of the clients.
One of them had been asked to.
He had been asked to bring an outside look at the institution.
A number of questions had been asked about the minimum wage.
We had been asked to be very polite and restrained.
He was disappointed that we had been asked to stop singing.
She had been asked here to help with a mission.
She said only that she had been asked to meet a man.
Questions had been asked regarding compensation for victims of torture.
The being did as he had been asked to.
If permission had been asked it would have been granted anyway.
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He asked the delegation to comment on those allegations
He never even asked who the victim was
He asked the delegation to clarify that contradiction
Examples of using Had
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Had she dreamed of the garden so often
Then we knew we had the wrong guy
We had so much fun up on the mountain today
