Example sentences of "did [adv] ask [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wondered a little resentfully why he did not ask her to go , though she would have been scared if he actually had done so ; she lacked a North American youngster 's experience with the opposite sex . |
| 2 | ‘ I did not ask her what she had taken it for . |
| 3 | She murmured a ‘ good morning ’ and did not ask her what the hell she was doing there so unexpectedly . |
| 4 | He did not ask her to sit down but said to her straightaway , ‘ What has she told you ? ’ |
| 5 | She did not ask him his name , for she did not wish to know it . |
| 6 | Since I was not going to discuss the future with him , I did not ask him to elaborate , but I registered his disappointment and thought that , if that was how he felt , he was making it easier for me to leave him . |
| 7 | I did not ask him why , but I sensed that it was because he knew the culprit . |
| 8 | She did not ask him why he wanted to speak to them . |
| 9 | She had to find out whether her suspicions were true or not , and how else could she ever hope to do that if she did not ask him directly ? |
| 10 | No , I am dealing with the Foreign Secretary , who gave me a circumlocutory reply to a question that I did not ask him . |
| 11 | He followed her into the living-room but she did not ask him to sit down . |
| 12 | But Vi did not ask them because someone said , ‘ Hullo . |
| 13 | ‘ I did not ask them about you , I asked about Jeopardy . ’ |
| 14 | We did not ask them to raise £250,000 to fund our project . ’ |
| 15 | Unfortunately , the survey did not ask them if they sold the products about which they said they had received insufficient training . |
| 16 | She did not ask me foolish questions such as — ‘ How do you propose to go about it ? ’ but instead said with easy grace , reaching into a capacious velvet bag , handing me a card : |
| 17 | I had assumed he would still want me to be his wife , and wondered why he did not ask me . |
| 18 | In fact he did not ask us any questions at all , but read aloud from Shakespeare , waving his arms dramatically and enjoying the sound of his own voice . |
| 19 | The point is , you see , that I did not ask you to go and look at the time on that clock ; I merely asked you to study the numerals on it . |
| 20 | So I did just ask him er just come to me right out of the blue when he was here one night . |
| 21 | Nutty insisted on coming ; Hoomey did n't ask her . |
| 22 | I did n't ask her if she did , with anyone . |
| 23 | It was surprising , she thought , that Mrs Johnson did n't ask her what she was doing in Barnswick . |
| 24 | I did n't ask her . ’ |
| 25 | Pascoe did n't ask her what she meant . |
| 26 | She must have given Iain some idea of the boy 's background , for he did n't ask her who he was , just that explosive question — ‘ Why ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't ask her to come here this morning . ’ |
| 28 | He did n't ask her to go to the village surgery , but made it clear that she was n't to stray too far from the complex when he was n't there . |
| 29 | I did n't ask her any of it . |
| 30 | So you did n't ask her to go . |