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Meanings of asked the price in English

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Usage of asked the price in English
1
I saw it in the shop-window, asked the price and bought it.
Unleavened Bread
2
The butchers looked her over, chattered in Yiddish and asked the price.
Selected Polish Tales
3
The clergyman, without any ceremony, asked the price of the crystal egg.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
4
Sandy drank two cups and a half, then he asked the price.
Sandy
5
He said he would like Calhoun County, Mich., and asked the price.
Twenty Years of Hus'ling
6
He asked the price of chalk, and he's going to know it!
Three Men on the Bummel
7
He stepped into the store and asked the price of a white rose.
The Fatal Glove
8
When asked the price paid for the boots, the answer was fifteen dollars.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
9
He opened it, looked through it, sighted it, etc., then asked the price.
A Man of Samples. Something about the men he met "On the Road"
10
I asked the price, to learn that it cost seventeen cents.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 / A Mag...
11
I asked the price; even so, it was too expensive.
Notes from the Underground
12
She asked the price of the different articles, and what passed at the merchant's.
Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes
13
Mrs. Owen asked the price, and it was too high.
Peggy in Her Blue Frock
14
He asked the price of meals, and they told him fifty cents per meal.
The Story of the Outlaw: A Study of the Western Desperado
15
When we asked the price of anything, they replied promptly, "Twenty rupees."
Olivia in India
16
I went into the shop and asked the price of the chintz in the window.
Saxe Holm's Stories / First Series
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