Example sentences of "ask about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not sure whether the lady asked about that . ’ |
| 2 | Cos I asked about that before I travelled down because I was worried in , you know , in case of breaking down . |
| 3 | Sectarianism and intimidation in the workplace have not been taken into account either , when we asked about this at the same meeting we were told you had to prove you were being intimidated . |
| 4 | Sometimes I asked about these stories . |
| 5 | I said , Why do n't you just say , ‘ I asked about those records you ordered ? ’ |
| 6 | He asked about several crimes of violence that had happened in south-east Antrim and Beattie told him that he knew nothing about any of them . |
| 7 | In the living room Bruce said he asked about any old china she might have had . |
| 8 | ‘ In some ways I 'm not really the guy to be asking about all this , because Quo have such a one-off sound . |
| 9 | That is , by asking about each one where its proponents place the responsibility for the relative lack of success in mathematics of females who are , in a general educational sense , able pupils . |
| 10 | In other words , by asking about each how it answers the question — ‘ do girls fail , or do we fail them ? ’ |
| 11 | Er the various exhibition places asking about that , and making sure they all know my name . |
| 12 | I was asking about that . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm asking about this structure . ’ |
| 14 | Somebody was asking about this new |
| 15 | We we 've had one or two hiccups so I always ask about that . |
| 16 | That is a question many Regulars ask about each of the 75,000 or so volunteers who make up today 's TA . |
| 17 | The questions related to these aims ask about such matters as how often the child is read to and whether s/he is attending any pre-school facility : factors known to link with future success in school ( Newson and Newson , 1977 ; Osborn and Milbank , 1987 ) . |
| 18 | Erm I think that Vince has raised of very personal questions that we have ask about this erm the question of local accountability of the health authority board that will be created by this the to service this new joint health authority , would in fact , be the size of the existing one for West Essex and we would ha , have only a third of the representation that we currently have the whole of West Essex we 'll only have two non- executive members on the health authority board and I do n't think that that is terribly accountable but certainly a considerable reduction on what we 've got at the moment . |
| 19 | Now seek the vendor and ask about any points that have arisen in your survey . |
| 20 | Make sure that you ask about any residents who may behave like that . |
| 21 | Asked about such behaviour she added : ‘ I would be annoyed by it , but I would not feel threatened that he had sexual intercourse with other women . |
| 22 | Members of Parliament are being asked about such matters as their degree of satisfaction with the quantity and quality of financial information available to them and the extent to which they feel that MPs can and should be closely involved in scrutinising the management of government , together with their ‘ unstructured ’ personal response to the problem of the control of the public administration by the House of Commons . |
| 23 | Admittedly , this formulation is relatively empty , for questions can be asked about each of its main terms . |
| 24 | Upon being asked about this , one policeman explained , ‘ To tell you the truth I did n't notice much of a difference . |
| 25 | I 'm very angry about all this and believe it 's long past the time when serious questions must be asked about this form of recruitment ’ . |
| 26 | Miss Brechin , on being asked about this , suddenly recalled how cold the stone was , and how she got chilblains on her fingers in winter . |
| 27 | When asked about this revolt the Prime Minister replied that he ‘ thought speed was important and hoped she would send for Lord Home immediately-as soon as she got back to the Palace ’ . |
| 28 | Certainly I was asked about this er well before the er E I P er and we agreed that there w Well certainly I agreed that I could see nothing wrong with that since it is a cl closed research project , and nothing will be divulged at all er publicly . |
| 29 | On 2 June , he was asked about this subject at a press conference . |
| 30 | Following such a complaint , the witness may have looked around to investigate the cause of the accident and they should be asked about this . |