Example sentences of "asked [art] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett asked the others to stay at the great gate whilst he went across the open square . |
| 2 | She asked the court to refer to the European Court the question of whether Article 59 of the EC Treaty could be taken as meaning that a member state could bar the giving of information in its territory about services in another member state that were illegal in the first country . |
| 3 | Tammuz had dimmed the lights , put his feet up , and asked the computer to tune in the wall-screen . |
| 4 | Rachel asked the patient to sit in the small waiting area then turned as if to go and prepare herself to see to him . |
| 5 | It asked the officers to reflect on the discussions which led up to , and followed the issue of , Partnership in Validation , and subsequently accepted the advice offered in an officers ' paper to set up a working party to pursue the discussion further and report back in May 1978 , after consulting the Council 's committees and boards . |
| 6 | The ASP rule-book asked the judges to look for the most radical manoeuvres in the most critical section of the wave ( that is , nearest the curl ) . |
| 7 | ‘ In his letter of July 6 following the meeting , the BAe chairman , Professor Roland Smith , called for the removal of the ring fence around Rover capital allowances , capital losses , and trading losses , and asked the DTI to intervene with the Inland Revenue for ‘ written rulings in advance to certain proposals to be made by BAe with a view to optimising the tax benefits ’ , ’ Mr Brown said . |
| 8 | And , reflecting the now-familiar language of the GCSE criteria , he asked the committee to look at the extent to which A levels test knowledge , understanding , and skills , and the implications of the assessment procedures for teaching and learning . |
| 9 | The president , knowing that this foretold more terrible violence , asked the chiefs to call off the protest , thereby depriving his army of a further excuse for slaughter . |
| 10 | During a lecture to a lay group he asked a volunteer to come to the front and do a reading . |
| 11 | He asked a scout to search through the turmoil and pick out Tiguary , if possible , or someone who could give him a message . |