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

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31 I was asking you about the guy Adam 's been talking to this evening . ’
32 How difficult was it Mandy to think when Jenny was asking you about your holiday ?
33 Graham , I want to start by asking you about you being mayor .
34 Graham , I want to start by asking you about you being Mayor .
35 Those are the sort of questions that the radio interviewer is asking you on behalf of the , the great British public .
36 ‘ By asking you for the answer .
37 I am therefore today asking you for her hand , for no one else is capable of making me happy nor more fitted to wear a crown .
38 I have not heard anything more since then , and am anxious to give you as much time as possible working with the tape before asking you for feedback on your experiences with it .
39 And I certainly would n't be asking you for favours . ’
40 Mr R. Melbourne of Loughborough wins our first £25 award by asking you for a list of those clubs who have won the old First Division title and also played in the Fourth Division .
41 When I was in police custody the doctor came in to see me and gave me some tablets and I 'm asking you for some now . ’
42 ‘ I 'm not asking you for a penny . ’
43 It 's asking you for a type .
44 ‘ No , all I 'm asking you for is a few moments of Master Lorimer 's time .
45 As I understand it Chair , what you 're saying is , that there are , at three there is a , a request for an exclusion of press photographers , but the convenience of press photography we 're saying that instead of taking immediately so that we 'd have to call them back here for the even later , we 're asking you for it to be taken at the end with the rest of exclusion
46 So can we come back then to er asking you for written confirmation of the
47 We are asking you for your protection , everything is well documented and clear .
48 ‘ Was she asking you for money ? ’
49 Nobody 's asking you to be anything less .
50 I 'd have liked to prolong it by asking you to supper , but … ’
51 I am asking you to be my wife . ’
52 I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess .
53 ‘ Because I 'm asking you to . ’
54 ‘ I did wonder , ’ said Sophia at last in desperation , ‘ whether I had committed a grave social error in asking you to dinner alone when you may very well have a mother , wife or fiancee who should have been invited too . ’
55 ‘ I 'm not asking you to , ’ he said coldly .
56 Once again I am asking you to ‘ plug ’ it in your classes and if there is still some reluctance on the part of class members , perhaps the proceeds of social fund raising could be used to buy membership for some members of the class ; at the present time membership is just as important as society funds .
57 Eventually when all of the information is gathered in , we 're asking you to quite simply reject this .
58 ‘ I told you , I am asking you to be my grandmother 's companion . ’
59 ‘ I was asking you to be whatever you wished to be , cara . ’
60 Well that 's why I 'm asking you to , to , to draw this up .
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