Example sentences of "asks [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel signals for me to stay quiet , and she asks through the door what these guys want . |
| 2 | A questionnaire which asks about the systems now in use and for figures from electricity bills is all that is involved . |
| 3 | And if that nosy old constable asks about petrol , I shall tell him it 's an emergency . |
| 4 | The two are walking amid flowers and birds , and Phillario asks about the local beauties : ‘ What Nymph , O Shepherd ! reigns / The rural Toast of these delightful Plains ? ’ |
| 5 | Everyone here sends their love as ever , and asks about you . |
| 6 | The questions Radway asks about the romance focus on form , to the exclusion of broader political questions . |
| 7 | If anyone asks about your Canyon trip when you get home you have to use one of three standard answers : |
| 8 | She asks about his daughter . |
| 9 | She asks about money . |
| 10 | At worst , this is quite simply being ignored : neither the LEA adviser , nor the head nor any one else asks about special interests and skills developed on the course and how these could be most effectively put to good use in the school . |
| 11 | It also asks about their work , their educational qualifications , and whether they have moved house in recent years . |
| 12 | When Thompson asks about the emergence of classes he enquires into the choices and intentions of individuals , which are for him a crucial kind of evidence , and sees the process of class formation as one of self-making . |
| 13 | Although the GHS asks about cohabitation , it classifies information on legal marital status without including information about cohabitation or remarriage . |
| 14 | One instance of this is that the GHS question asks about restrictions of activity . |
| 15 | He accuses her of changing her story ; he challenges her transcript of the interview , asks about an apparent change in her typewriter typeface , about her practice of reusing tapes . |
| 16 | Hospital security can be involved in assessing general activity , particularly near the exits ; anyone who frequently visits the neonatal unit with no apparent reason to do so , or who asks about hospital routines should be questioned , and all hospital personnel should wear clearly visible photographic identification . |
| 17 | she asks about the never-ending dust , |
| 18 | The first part you need to complete , part A and this has got your personal details bank details it asks about your family details for family benefits and it asks if you are in receipt of any other oth other pensions . |
| 19 | I do n't know of his 26-volume autobiography which Miss Godden asks about , but his 180-volume diary provided the material for a 400-page biography by David Newsome , entitled On the Edge of Paradise : A. C. Benson , Diarist . |
| 20 | Never miss an opportunity to show and explain your detector to anyone who asks about it . |
| 21 | Before we reach the pub he has asked about Rachel , and as soon as I bring his whisky and soda to the table he asks about her again . |
| 22 | Though he says he 's always very interested in her , and asks about her a lot . |
| 23 | MR GIBBON points out ( HAS January 13 ) that the test question ( Echo January 7 ) for 14-year-olds shows the man has already stepped onto the first stair and begins to fall into the trap of talking about the man , when the question asks about the load ! |
| 24 | On the one hand it is nothing and asks for nothing , on the other it is the secret and silent source of the destruction of everything . |
| 25 | It asks for open vindication , he wrote , but I ask only to do my task . |
| 26 | The AA asks for more of the money taken in taxation from drivers to be put to work , and for road pricing proposals to be acknowledged as unnecessary , inflationary and , ultimately , inequitable . |
| 27 | Their cut will be around 30 per cent of the ‘ dealer ’ price , which is what the shops pay for your record , bearing in mind that your record will only reach the shops if the dealer asks for it . |
| 28 | They sign an act whose manager is inexperienced and asks for advice on choosing an agent . |
| 29 | Extraordinary subsidies : these are grants towards particular projects for which the bishop asks for help . |
| 30 | A 10-year-old asks for shoes : ‘ Right now my mother does n't work . ’ |