Example sentences of "you asked me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I did that work you asked me to do . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've done what you asked me to do , ’ he said . |
| 3 | She said , with a brief nod at the file on her lap , ‘ I 've been doing what you asked me to do . |
| 4 | You asked me to do the Wigan archiving |
| 5 | ‘ You remember you asked me to see if I could find out who it was that had sent that news item about Leila in to Al-Liwa . ’ |
| 6 | " You asked me to report preliminary findings as soon as I could , so I 'm giving you a ring , " he said . |
| 7 | You asked me to take it … |
| 8 | ‘ Forgive me , Chieh Hsia , but you asked me to remind you of your audience with Minister Chao . ’ |
| 9 | You asked me to give you a ring like . ’ |
| 10 | At our last meeting , you asked me to give you a reminder regarding the above . |
| 11 | You asked me to give you a note on my interest in bibliometric research on the Journal . |
| 12 | The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training . |
| 13 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 14 | ‘ It 's that sterilizer you asked me to watch , Nurse Dungarvan . |
| 15 | You asked me to consult you , not to buy at my own discretion , as before . |
| 16 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 17 | The organization which you asked me to set up now exists , at least in embryo . |
| 18 | You asked me to send a reminder so you could arrange for the stone cross to be cleaned before Remembrance Sunday in November . |
| 19 | But anyway , that was what I thought of when you asked me to look straight at my cock and talk about it . |
| 20 | The first morning we met you asked me to show you the way to the matriculation class , putting a very strong stress on the first syllable . |
| 21 | a ) Heres that book you asked me to bring ( The fact that you asked me to bring it is not new. ) b ) Ive got to take the dog for a walk ( ‘ For a walk ’ is by far the most probable thing to follow ‘ I 've got to take the dog ’ ; if the sentence ended with ‘ to the vet ’ the tonic syllable would probably be ‘ vet ’ . ) |
| 22 | a ) Heres that book you asked me to bring ( The fact that you asked me to bring it is not new. ) b ) Ive got to take the dog for a walk ( ‘ For a walk ’ is by far the most probable thing to follow ‘ I 've got to take the dog ’ ; if the sentence ended with ‘ to the vet ’ the tonic syllable would probably be ‘ vet ’ . ) |
| 23 | ‘ You asked me to come here ? ’ |
| 24 | You asked me to come , but now I am here you do n't seem very pleased to see me ! " |
| 25 | Was that the only reason you asked me to come ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Now I know why you asked me to come with you , ’ Robbie complained a little later , as she struggled back along the towpath with her share of the load . |
| 27 | ‘ When you asked me to come into your bedroom my heart was beating so fast I thought it was going to come leaping out ! ’ |
| 28 | I should have spoken to you this afternoon about the stock footage you asked me to follow up on . |
| 29 | ‘ Details , of course , will take time and come later , but that 's my general philosophy ; that 's what you would get if you asked me to complete this job for you . ’ |
| 30 | You asked me to contact him , remember ? |