"We asked John what he wanted to be - chief of naval operations?"

One of them asked John if he would like a drink.

He would ask John quietly some time soon, when they were alone together.

Several times she asked John: "But what did they want with him?"

I asked John if he knew where his grave was but he wouldn't say.

I asked John how his brother was when they were together.

She had asked John, but he did not have an answer.

Shouting, they asked John the day, the date, the name of the president.

Had anyone asked John, he would undoubtedly have chosen to live with his mother.

I asked John how it was going on his end.