Example sentences of "asked [pers pn] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she started flying her parents asked me to keep a watchful eye on her . |
| 2 | On 18 August it met with the Health Authority 's officials and asked them to conduct a public health survey which it would pay for , mainly to reassure the public that , although the EC limits for aluminium had been exceeded over 500 times , and those for sulphate , copper , zinc and lead had also been broken , there was no long-term harm . |
| 3 | One hundred ladies kindly volunteered and eight weeks later I asked them to complete a lengthy questionnaire . |
| 4 | Athelstan tossed her a coin and asked her to bring a fresh tankard and some wine whilst he roused Sir John . |
| 5 | The Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud Zubi resigned along with his Cabinet on June 24 ; however , President Hafez al-Assad asked him to form a new Cabinet , which was announced on June 29 . |
| 6 | ‘ I asked him to take a fresh look at the situation , because my gut feeling is that the decision that 's been taken is not the right one . ’ |
| 7 | He gave private shows for relatives before his teacher at Middleton-in-Teesdale primary school asked him to perform a weekly trick before the class . |
| 8 | The first hint that Hills might be interested in a group pensions plan came when the company 's Board asked him to arrange a formal briefing . |
| 9 | He then spent 18 years taking still shots for posters until Saatchi and Saatchi 's asked him to direct a small commercial . |
| 10 | A woman drove a van into the garage at Cooksdown in County Tyrone and asked him to fit a new exhaust . |
| 11 | Ads on the subways asked us to call a confidential hotline if we knew what crimes our local school board was committing . |