Example sentences of "up and ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got to be grown up and ask people the way . |
| 2 | Ring up and ask , though it 's best to wait a few days until tutors have worked out exactly what position their courses are in . |
| 3 | If only a small number of publications are involved and you are not sure about photographs , ring up and ask . |
| 4 | But whatever you do , do not send out a general mailing and then ring up and ask whether the recipient is going to use it or not . |
| 5 | You could put your hand up and ask questions , and you were n't all up at a level on him , he was at the same level as you , talking , and he knew all our abilities so he explained things more clearly to us . |
| 6 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 7 | He could walk right up and ask it the question that burned within him . |
| 8 | But er I think from a comfort point of view er if you do feel the need to go to the toilet , please do n't er think that you 've got to put your hand up and ask . |
| 9 | There were some weekends when he would phone me up and ask if he could come round because he 'd thought of something new for me to do , and he 'd jump into his car and come all the way just to give me a new inflection on a word ! ’ |
| 10 | She looked at the telephone on her desk and for a minute was tempted to pick it up and ask for David Fairfax 's number . |
| 11 | Or I might ri ring ring them up and ask them . |
| 12 | Yeah ring them up and ask them and then write a letter |
| 13 | You 've got to ring people up and ask them . |
| 14 | And then you 've got ta ring them up and ask them again to see who 's to see who Cos they usually say , Well I 'll see what I can do , and then you 've got to ring them up again and see if they 've done anything , and and er and then sometimes you 've got ta ring them up again . |
| 15 | Today he said er can our Joe come downstairs oh you go up and ask him . |
| 16 | Phone up and ask Hannah . |
| 17 | I mean , we could ring her up and ask her . |
| 18 | them up and ask them |
| 19 | Mrs Mrs rang me up and ask me about the one |
| 20 | Well what , what are you gon na do , go up and ask the bloke oh can you buy me a cake ? |
| 21 | erm because I 'd phoned up and asked for them , er my secretary had phoned up and asked for a meeting with her but the response was we 're not allowed to meet with you , so we said okay , cos it 's public money and things |
| 22 | erm because I 'd phoned up and asked for them , er my secretary had phoned up and asked for a meeting with her but the response was we 're not allowed to meet with you , so we said okay , cos it 's public money and things |
| 23 | Then one day the main guy who 'd been peeking at us turned up and asked if he could take some pictures of us . |
| 24 | Soon she realised that he was singing her praises to his friends , because other similar garden owners rang her up and asked her if she could do a few hours for them too . |
| 25 | When they arrived the place was empty — — it was early evening — except for ‘ two street toughs in camel-hair coats ’ sitting at a table ; ‘ and they were fairly easy to distinguish , and I think we walked up and asked them if they were — and — , and they said yes . ’ |
| 26 | Opening the paperback at the title page , I glanced up and asked him should I sign it for someone . |
| 27 | When the plane duly clipped the trees and landed on the ice lake one property developer sat up and asked : ‘ How far have we got ? ’ |
| 28 | He was on Muizenburg Beach , then a popular resort , when a stranger came he up and asked him in Afrikaans ‘ Is your name Cranko ? ’ |
| 29 | While I was gazing at the chamber a schoolgirl who was touring the gallery with her father came up and asked me how it worked . |
| 30 | At the airport Mike Turner , the team manager , came up and asked , ‘ What is the problem between you and Frank ? ’ |