Example sentences of "asked i [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 . ’
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