Example sentences of "asked me [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me to go full-time with him , but I said I was committed to Frank . |
| 2 | It 's just that somebody asked me to do some heads . |
| 3 | ‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | " You asked me to report preliminary findings as soon as I could , so I 'm giving you a ring , " he said . |
| 6 | ‘ He asked me to take good care of them . |
| 7 | Then glancing at Agnes , she said , ‘ Aggie asked me to take some towels across to the house for the people coming in tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She asked me to say that for the record . |
| 10 | With Keith , I fell head over heels in love with him from the first time we met , and I 'd only been going out with him two weeks and he asked me to get engaged . |
| 11 | They asked me to get thirty-six teams , at one point in was fifty-seven but it settled down to thirty-six |
| 12 | And since I was coming in to town she asked me to get some more . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They asked me to make sure that you are well . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | He asked me to reconsider this . |
| 20 | She asked me to have two trees planted in the school playing field in her memory to provide shade for children in the summer . |
| 21 | So he asked me to bring some stuff up . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I forgot , Maureen asked me to bring this . ’ |