Example sentences of "he [verb] asked me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your cousin Henry has set off for Alma Ata in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan , hoping to finance himself by selling articles to The Spectator , where he has asked me to use my influence . |
| 2 | He has asked me to send you to his lodging . |
| 3 | I shall ensure that the message that he has asked me to convey is conveyed tomorrow , when I go to Barrow to mark the roll-out of the first Vanguard submarine . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , he has asked me to make it clear that he strongly supports the case that I seek to make . |
| 5 | ‘ He has asked me to apologise to the family of the deceased for his part in the distress that they have been caused , ’ said the lawyer . |
| 6 | By midnight , he 'd asked me to marry him . ’ |
| 7 | But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday . |
| 8 | He 'd asked me to go and see him in the evening to continue the interview . |
| 9 | We spent a long time on the sofa that evening , and I would have stayed the night if he 'd asked me but he did n't . |
| 10 | I 'd have joined him in the Abacos if he 'd asked me , little holidays from time to time . |
| 11 | I thought it would be nice ; he 'd asked me specially . |
| 12 | There is a biography of Jasper Carrot which I can hardly wait not to read , there is a biography of Cliff Richard written by a woman who hugged him once 20 years ago ( ‘ I would have married him if he 'd asked me ’ ) . |
| 13 | I sat on a committee chaired by Paul Fox , a big representative steering group for the Royal Television Society 's Biennial Cambridge Convention ( the only woman ) , which he had asked me to be on at that time . |
| 14 | He had asked me for a photograph of myself when I was young and I had told him to go around and get it from Mandy . |
| 15 | Some time before he had asked me if I knew this most neglected of novelists , coming up to talk to me in a blue-green Athenian bar from which he was almost at once to be evicted for a splendid falsetto rendering of ‘ The Lost Chord ’ . |
| 16 | I could n't believe he had asked me minutes after first meeting him . |
| 17 | He had asked me about my unusual name . |
| 18 | He had asked me to go and work with him when he opened The Chicago Rib Shack , but I told him I thought the location was wrong . ’ |
| 19 | He had asked me whether I felt that I could ever be Prime Minister , and I had answered light-heartedly , ‘ No , because I do my sums with matchsticks ’ . |
| 20 | You know , would n't it be nice if he had asked me out . |
| 21 | He 's asked me to go along as wardrobe mistress , I said I 'd think about it but I ca n't stand the heat . |
| 22 | Sir David should know that , but he 's asked me none the less . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ He 's asked me to dine at the villa he 's looking after for a few months , just to oblige a couple of ex-pats . |
| 24 | He 's asked me out . ’ |
| 25 | He 's asked me to go and stay with him . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's asked me over next week again . |
| 27 | Well , do n't laugh , but he 's asked me to be on the Union Committee , and I 'm going to try it . ’ |
| 28 | " He 's asked me . |
| 29 | This is a , probably an appropriate moment for me to , to refer to the letter I 've received from John , who as you know , who 's been served in respect in London , I , I , he 's asked me to read the letter but it 's fairly lengthy , and his first part simply reiterates the point which Bruce raised about the er , er , attack on the boundaries . |
| 30 | He 's asked me to go with him but if you 'd rather … ’ |