Example sentences of "asked me [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful . |
2 | During the last Employment Question Time , the hon. Gentleman asked me about job clubs in his constituency , and I have written to him about the matter . |
3 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
4 | Accordingly , he asked me to lunch , and we went to the Russell Hotel , which was conveniently near his office . |
5 | The following week the US Tour moved to Los Angeles for the LA Open , and Frank asked me to caddie for him there . |
6 | He asked me to caddie for him for the rest of the year . |
7 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
8 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
9 | And always , every day , he asked me for money . |
10 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
11 | I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa . |
12 | He asked me in German what I had come for but I said ; untruthfully , ‘ Nicht verstehen . ’ |
13 | ‘ He asked me in front of a niece and her husband . |
14 | ‘ Do Black Magic people in England attack you ? ’ a Roscommon chip shop boy asked me in awe . |