Example sentences of "ask [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She asked me why I tried to commit suicide . |
| 32 | Then she asked me why we treated social services staff differently from everyone else . |
| 33 | I got there and they asked me why I did n't get there sooner . |
| 34 | Instead , she asked me why I thought I drank so much , and I told her why I thought I did . |
| 35 | My father asked me why I said these awful things . |
| 36 | The hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central and a number of other hon. Members asked me why so many have had exceptional leave to remain , as only 24 per cent . |
| 37 | ‘ In one game in Barcelona , the players asked me why the crowd was whistling . |
| 38 | Budgie was a great part and I loved playing Frank Carver in Love Hurts erm and I did n't when when I was asked to do i , well w actually i it was n't a series , the writers and I were put together by a man called Alan who 's now my partner in Alfie as well he 's and he asked me why was n't I working and would he would I mind being put together with the two writers . |
| 39 | ‘ Have you been invited to tea ? ’ she asked me crossly . |
| 40 | When Michael asked me later ‘ Are you ready for Sunset yet ? ’ , |
| 41 | ‘ You reckon we can go bonefishing again tomorrow ? ’ he asked me instead . |
| 42 | Johnson even complained a little — or so Boswell suggests — that he was not seeing enough of Boswell : ‘ He asked me today , how it happened we were so little together . ’ |
| 43 | They just asked me 'Where 's your money ? ' |
| 44 | When he asked me again , we were alone in the sitting-room . |
| 45 | At first they asked me if I wanted my mum to go out but I said No , but when they started asking me all those sorts of questions they asked me again and I said Yes . |
| 46 | The soldier , seeing my uninteresting-looking machine , asked me again if I would not prefer to choose a new one , but I refused . |
| 47 | So I did n't know anything about it you know , till somebody asked me Well asked me really , Mr 's going away is n't he ? |
| 48 | Seconds later , he asked me urgently to bring over a large roll of cotton-wool . |
| 49 | In the evening when the booking and despatch department would start packing up to go , so would I and no one asked me not to . |
| 50 | He asked me not to misquote him . |
| 51 | The thing that 's teasing my mind is that I 'm fairly sure he asked me not to tell anyone he 'd been there . ’ |
| 52 | It was on one of these occasions that Guy Gibson was ushered into " Cocky's ' presence and , just prior to his appearance , the AOC had given me a slip of paper with the names of about 20 pilots whom he asked me not to recruit — as a favour to him — which was his style . |
| 53 | Victoria said , ‘ And why he asked me not to call him uncle in front of you because it made him sound old ! ’ |
| 54 | Miss Bedwelty then said , ‘ You asked me up here to give my opinion . |
| 55 | And she was all right because when I got back here , she drove up and asked me over for coffee . |
| 56 | ‘ What did you do in the war , then , daddy ? ’ they asked me when I returned . |
| 57 | He asked me when I wanted to do the interview , I was going out of the hotel and so we 'd do it when I got back . |
| 58 | Immediately she asked me when I might be free , but I was able to murmur , ‘ It 's a little difficult , Mrs Fawcett , until I get around a bit more and establish some duty rosters . ’ |
| 59 | Well , to tell you the truth , your boys asked me when had I last seen my father alive and I said Friday instinctively , and then by the time I 'd realized my mistake , it was all written down , and , you know , I thought if I changed it , that 'd only create trouble . ’ |
| 60 | And my magic wrought true — for it was into your time I came , to Starr Hills , where I had walked four hundred years before ; and coming to meet me was a man who asked me simply if I were a mermaid , for he had seen me walking out of the sea . ’ |