Example sentences of "be ask her " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have been asking her about the traffic on the way in from the airport . |
| 2 | I 'm asking her and asking her but , I said no I did say to Joe , I said Joe cos erm I said cos I , our Doreen said about it did n't she ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why should Elizabeth Roisin be asking her to come here ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We have n't seen the Queen since the garden party , ’ said Brian , ‘ but I do n't suppose you 'll be asking her to dinner . ’ |
| 5 | Because so many parents were asking her how they could help their children with reading , teacher and mother of three Barbara Geere wrote Seven Ways to Help Your Child With Reading ( Seven Ways Series , £1.95 ) , which sets out simply how to make a start , build up your child 's confidence , make reading fun ( with plenty of learning games to make or buy ) and , at the end , how to form letters . |
| 6 | Sally-Anne gave the matter as grave a consideration as though he were asking her her opinion of the latest exhibition of Japanese art , or Beerbohm Tree 's newest play . |
| 7 | But if Fen were in love with her — if he were to make love to her again , the way he had last night … if he were to ask her … |
| 8 | The conversation is about how to respond to an invitation to " step outside " at a party : the gist of B's turn is that if someone were to ask her to go outside for " fresh air " at a party , she would not want to go outside for fresh air , and would not go . |
| 9 | Practically his first request to her had been to ask her to clean his shoes ! ) |
| 10 | ‘ He 's asking her if she has brought the need-fire and she tells him that she has . |
| 11 | He 's being posted out to the West Indies and he 's asked her to marry him and go with him . |
| 12 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 13 | Her eyes swung back towards Marlin , who was asking her if she was all right , then back towards the street as brakes shrieked , and the failed assassin was struck squarely by a speeding car , which reeled round , wheels locked and sliding over the sleet-greased street , throwing the man 's body off the bonnet and over a parked car . |
| 14 | If he was asking her to die quickly , he was out of luck . |
| 15 | But no , he was asking her about Mathilde , about Katherine . |
| 16 | She felt it probing her mind , as if it was asking her a question , searching for something in her mind . |
| 17 | Elisabetta was asking her something ; it was about the fireworks last year in the city , off the old harbour wall where they had reflected in the sea . |
| 18 | What he was asking her to do required a degree of trust that he had too little time to earn . |
| 19 | I said that was a brilliant idea and by the time we were out of the car park and in the thick of the traffic , I was asking her what she was doing later . |
| 20 | Her misgivings about what he was asking her to do had been put to sleep by his open face and little-boy smile . |
| 21 | He was asking her if she was with anyone , she registered . |
| 22 | You would n't , would you ? ’ he asked , his eyes so pleading that Leith , aware that he was asking her to ring Rosemary and then pass the phone over to him , had no thought to refuse . |
| 23 | He was asking her to be his mistress . |
| 24 | So do I and I was just talking to her downstairs and I was asking her like the differences between here and the States , you know the boar cos she was in a boarding school before , and she was saying erm how you know just generally the people are nicer and the blokes talk to you not just because you 're cos they |
| 25 | I was asking her if they had a a stand for a cake , she said yes . |
| 26 | He fingered his tie , a particularly vivid one that day , and went straight on to the purpose of their meeting , which was to ask her to help Frank Shildon who was investigating aspects of the MacQuillan empire . |