as if he were a pesky tourist asking silly questions of a busy man

0 It means the same thing as "asking a busy man silly questions".0-

0 Hi Amy,02br
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00Can you, please, provide me with a sentence in which 01i00of02i00 is being used in the same way as in that sentence? 0-

0 Hi Jackson02br
00I googled "ask of" and "asked of" and found these sentences, for example:02br
01i00What you can 01b00ask of02b00 a researcher in an email. 02i00 (In this sentence, the sense is "ask a researcher to do".) 02br
01i00Obama deserved the questions 01b00asked of02b00 him, as

0 01b00ask:02b02br
005 DEMAND02br
00[transitive] if you ask something of someone, you want them to do it for you02br
00e.g. It would be better if he cooperated, but perhaps I'm asking too much.02br
01i00ask something of somebody02i02br
00e.g. You have no right to ask anything of me.02br
00e.

0>01i00asking silly questions 01b00of 02b00a busy man02i02br
00means:02br
01i00asking a busy man silly questions 02i0-

0 Marius, you have answered to an already answered question. The question in my previous posting was different. Anyway, thanks. 0-

0 Amy, please help me. 0-