| 1. | She felt a morbid desire to ascertain the point. - from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 2. | She did not pause to ascertain whether they were friends or foes. - from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie |
| 3. | We entered the farm-house by the kitchen way, to ascertain whether Mr. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 4. | If one could ascertain what the chief of them--the Coles, for instance. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 5. | Bumble first looking round to ascertain that his partner had left the room. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 6. | The attendant stooped over the bed, to ascertain and nodded in the affirmative. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 7. | At noon the next day, a man mounted the bridge to ascertain the vessel's position. - from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne |
| 8. | You had better look about you, and ascertain what you do, and what you mean to do.. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 9. | Earnshaw and I shook the handle of his den that I might ascertain if he were yet living. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |