Example sentences of "asked [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never been asked to sit at table with a guest before . |
| 2 | The Bath No 8 was asked to perform at openside flank before being switched to the tight side of the scrum . |
| 3 | Lennox-Boyd had been in the post for five years and had asked to retire for family business reasons . |
| 4 | It is usual for the Stamp Office to be asked to confirm in advance that the scheme will not attract duty so that the court order may be registered , and thereby become effective , without delay . |
| 5 | Shekhar was asked to continue as caretaker Prime Minister , pending elections in late May . |
| 6 | There seems to be a view in the medical profession that in such emergency circumstances the next of kin should be asked to consent on behalf of the patient and that , if possible , treatment should be postponed until that consent has been obtained . |
| 7 | Banks and bondholders are being asked to wait for repayment of nearly £1 billion of its £1.2 billion debt . |
| 8 | ‘ Principally , ’ I continued , ‘ it has been felt that Father should no longer be asked to wait at table , whether or not guests are present . ’ |
| 9 | Batmonh and Dumaagiyn Sodnom were asked to remain as President and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) respectively until the Great Hural met . |
| 10 | • Patients are asked to go to bed 3 hours later each ‘ night ’ and get up 3 hours later each ‘ morning ’ — this they will find easy , of course . |
| 11 | It was Penelope , to tell Sophia that she had suddenly been asked to go to dinner at Rupert Stonebird 's that evening , but that she would n't have time to go home and change first . |
| 12 | ( vi ) Pupils should be asked to write in response to a range of well chosen stories , poems , plays or television programmes . |
| 13 | For instance , at the most basic level , the higher the profit margin the supplier receives for performing a contract , the greater the liability he can reasonably be asked to accept for failure to perform as promised . |
| 14 | are , are out , are out now , in , in relation to consultation and user groups and their re or representative organizations , have been asked to comment in relation to the whole process before we go , we get to Panel and P and R er , so that we get , and then full Council , so we will get some indication , and twenty six particularly , so that , maybe those members in the last er , er , Council do realize they might have got , we might have got our fingers burnt in relation to this particular issue . |
| 15 | If the surgeon believes that they would benefit from an operation , their names are placed on the waiting list and they are asked to come into hospital when a bed is available . |
| 16 | There is also a tendency to prefer married men ( single men over 30 are considered somewhat suspect ) , and wives are often asked to appear before selection committees . |
| 17 | The reader is also asked to bear in mind that the strategic perspective covered is as described in chapter 4 . |
| 18 | Many Religious belong to international congregations and can be asked to work at home or abroad . |
| 19 | He was asked to stand for parliament , but declined , having no particular relish for party-politics ; he was too large-hearted a man for that . |
| 20 | She joined the Labour party in 1918 and was asked to stand for Parliament ; she refused , feeling that she could accomplish more through journalism . |
| 21 | Basil had first been asked to stand as President in 1982 but declined , however he was asked to reconsider this in 1983 . |
| 22 | 6.3 Centres are being asked to engage in consultation ( and , if consortium development is thought to be possible , in consultation with other centres ) and to complete the proforma showing the session in which the centre will be ready to enrol candidates for the new-style course . |
| 23 | Where appropriate , paramedical staff should be asked to participate in ward tutorials . |
| 24 | Yet what do we then make of a Gallup finding ( 21 — 6 May 1987 ) that , when asked to choose between inflation and unemployment as the greater threat to them and their families , 49 per cent chose inflation and only 43 per cent unemployment ? |
| 25 | But the ways in which we have been asked to look at consumer credit use are hardly relevant to TV rental . |
| 26 | Scott presided over his own elegant display of stamps and postcards ; while Christine probably had the most vital role of any that morning , for she had been asked to look after Vanity Fair , the visitors from London , and the sealed bids . |
| 27 | The team looked strong on paper but were unfortunately asked to play on grass and the result was a narrow victory for Borders . |
| 28 | KPMG was asked to resign as auditor in November last year because of the board 's ‘ loss of confidence' , but it refused to accept the request because shareholders might have inferred that it acknowledged criticism of its audit work . |
| 29 | It also involved a sensational TV interview martin Crowe had with his brother Jeff in which he revealed he had been asked to resign as captain on the fourth day of the third Test . |
| 30 | I really wanted to go to ‘ Ps + Gs ’ at Easter for a change , plus I 've been asked to help with communion in the evening . |