Which preposition to use with enquiring
I enquired of Mr. Reid, who was in the Company's service with Mr. Campbell at Fort Selkirk, and after whom I thought, possibly, the place had been called, but he told me he knew of no such post, but that there was a small lake at some distance in a northerly direction from Fort Selkirk, where fish were procured.
And now came out the lady abbess herself to enquire into the cause of this disturbance.
So let the Scenes be fine, you'll ne'er enquire For Sense, but lofty Flights in nimble Wire.
The patient anxiously enquires after a person who has been afflicted with the same malady; he is eager to know the remedy that has been used with success; his friend or neighbour imparts to him the wished for intelligence; he is determined to give the medicine a fair trial, and takes it with confidence.
Shelley addressed to Keats in Naples another letter, 'anxiously enquiring about his health, offering him advice as to the adaptation of diet to the climate, and concluding with an urgent invitation to Pisa, where he could assure him every comfort and attention.'
he enquired in a voice which was naturally loud and strong, but had been reduced by careful training to a tone inaudible at the distance of a few paces.
"And to what," he enquired with the tedious irony of ennui, "is one indebted for this unexpected honour on the part of the First Under-Secretary of the British Secret Service?
he enquired at length.
Enquire as above.
she enquired without stirring.
Sofia enquired through its folds.
Enquiring of the Frenchmen, they learned that she was a ship of twenty-four guns and sixty men.
It is my Custom to take [frequent] Opportunities of enquiring from time to time, what Success my Speculations meet with in the Town.
My confederate, I hope, by this time is at gate Enquiring for Sir Richard very formally From the old knight, his Master, and good Ladie.
Madam, I like not your enquiring after Sir Timorous: I suspect you have some design upon him: You would fain undermine your cousin, and marry him yourself.