Approaching the desk, the tall man inquired if any mail had come for him.
The man had inquired with genuine curiosity why Paul worked so hard to make so much trouble for the college.
On a subway train the other day, a man spotted an acquaintance and inquired as to how he was doing.
A few minutes after Clyde's departure; a quiet-looking young man came in and inquired for the key to that room.
With the laundry package under one arm, the man stopped at the desk and inquired for the key to Room 1420.
Before the other man could inquire the reason, the driver snarled it.
He didn't elaborate; either the man would inquire further, or make an assumption.
"A few minutes ago such a man inquired the way to your house."
At last the shaggy man turned and inquired, "What's your name, little girl?"
At length, the old man pronounced his name, and inquired how he came there.