Example sentences of "asked [pers pn] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just that somebody asked me to do some heads . |
| 2 | ‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them . |
| 3 | I says I want to learn sommat so I went to and I do n't know what it was , whether it was my attitude , but they , they asked me to do this and I was so good at it , so they started finding jobs for me and it was at and I was anxious for knowledge , and I tell you took anything on , which is important and the big firms did n't . |
| 4 | Then glancing at Agnes , she said , ‘ Aggie asked me to take some towels across to the house for the people coming in tomorrow . ’ |
| 5 | When Douglas asked me to take this over , he said initially that my job would be to book the excursion bus , and liaise with the caterers . |
| 6 | She asked me to say that for the record . |
| 7 | And since I was coming in to town she asked me to get some more . |
| 8 | I had a number of telephone conversations with him , and an interim letter dated 7 January in which he suggested , or asked me to suggest several possible dates . |
| 9 | Betty 's letter said , ‘ Last year , as he was going to take part in the World Championship in Canada , he asked me to make some gold socks to match his waistcoat . |
| 10 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 11 | When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | He asked me to reconsider this . |
| 14 | So he asked me to bring some stuff up . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I forgot , Maureen asked me to bring this . ’ |
| 16 | We asked them to put some |
| 17 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 18 | I asked you to take all that in . |
| 19 | If I was you wearing that and he asked you to do that |
| 20 | Did n't you think of that danger when the Union asked you to do this ? |
| 21 | Now did you draw I asked you to draw some graphs did n't I . |
| 22 | I asked you to move this lot , and you did n't ! |
| 23 | " You would n't get the wrong idea if I asked you to put that light out , would you ? " she asked . |
| 24 | ‘ I asked you to get that three days ago , ’ Rory said icily as Candy got to her feet . |
| 25 | I phoned Annie and asked her to cancel both performances today , and those on Monday and Tuesday . |
| 26 | On page eight , item one three two , can I draw committee 's attention to , says she , feverishly flicking through the pieces of paper , to a letter that John Patten has written to us , you 'll see what we asked Amanda to do on our behalf , Amanda Root , Women 's Sub also asked her to do that , and John Patten , surprisingly enough has written back , his private secretary has written back , she continues to say , ‘ Mr Patten is used to getting communications from Chief Officers conveying the views of committees , he has never had any correspondence from Sub-Committees through other officers ’ . |
| 27 | I asked her to get some for erm the children . |
| 28 | With this in mind , we searched out one of Britain 's leading exponents of the Gothic bodice-ripper and asked her to inject some life into the first ascent of the Eiger 's north face . |
| 29 | In October he summoned to Amman the local notables favourable to his rule , where they asked him to put all Arab-occupied Palestine under his protection . |
| 30 | I asked him to take that out , but I 'm sure that was the only edit I ever insisted on from his work , which otherwise was super . |