1.   He could take her upstairs now, try slowly to elicit some response from that virginal body.

2.   Manion continued to stroll through the room, eliciting more responses.

3.   Short questions are more likely to elicit a response.

4.   There will also be deep-seated reasons why certain types of behaviour elicit strong responses in others.

5.   This question elicits three responses from officials.

6.   When her knock elicited no response, she opened the door and peeped in.

7.   My question elicited no response.

8.   He was a polite man, invariably correct and pleasant with Mrs Collins, so this was done deliberately to elicit a response.

9.   The Creole elicits a response to its content, but does not elicit more Creole.