Example sentences of "ask [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 My Lord let me speak plainly , I introduced the topic of when he was recaptured , I asked nothing about what was .
2 He asked nothing but justice of Heaven , and of man he asked only a fair field ; and his father seeing of how good heart he was , gave him his sword and his blessing .
3 only your mother was n't sure she asked me on the phone
4 They asked me into their classes to watch them teach , they gave me time for interviews , they allowed me into staff meetings and departmental meetings and I erm at various points in my research I attempted to feed back to them some of the material I was coming up with , and we would have meetings to discuss this .
5 George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different .
6 A group of pupils studying science asked me about the new member of staff .
7 Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful .
8 She asked me about Mr Forster on the cruise and I told her about the salt .
9 She asked me about your novel .
10 Kendall said : ‘ George Graham asked me about Keown in October , but I said I wanted to keep him .
11 ‘ I was at a disco on crutches when Nigel asked me about my plans — and casually said I could ride for him whenever I was free .
12 He asked me about costs and what exactly I 'd been doing .
13 He then asked me about my sexual habits , to which I replied that I was heterosexual .
14 Bobby Lavender asked me about the target range .
15 She asked me about her sisters .
16 ‘ The fool asked me about Beth . ’
17 I notice you never once asked me about Ernest . ’
18 When I next saw the King , he asked me about this experience .
19 One of the other guys asked me about her .
20 In the interview they asked me about my future plans .
21 At the end he asked me about myself , curtly , as if it was all rather a bore .
22 It was er international company sommat like that Ching and er they asked me about it and I said I 'll see what I can do .
23 She often asked me about the hills in the distance , beyond the moors , and wanted to ride her pony there .
24 ‘ You were the one who asked me about it , ’ she returned , as angry and impatient as he was .
25 Having by then disposed of public affairs , he asked me about my work at the LCC school .
26 He even asked me about them up at the manor .
27 The hon. Gentleman asked me about future numbers .
28 During the last Employment Question Time , the hon. Gentleman asked me about job clubs in his constituency , and I have written to him about the matter .
29 The hon. Gentleman asked me about the degree of support from medical staff .
30 My hon. Friend asked me about the medical ethics of the issue .
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