Example sentences of "asked [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this part of the interview the respondents were asked to perform a variety of tests so that the interviewers could observe their capacity to cope with some of the tasks usually needed for people to live independently . |
| 2 | The children were next asked to perform a two-choice discrimination problem — deciding which of two boxes contained a picture sticker — with a model who exhibited ‘ functionless ’ behaviour during the discrimination trials , that is behaviour not related to the stated task-goal ( finding the sticker ) . |
| 3 | Joseph II will always be remembered for finding ‘ too many notes ’ in Die Entfuhrung ; and our own Queen has an almost comparable claim on immortality if the story is to be believed that when asked to attend a performance of Figaro , she replied : ‘ Is that the one about the pin ? ’ |
| 4 | Next you will be asked to attend a selection seminar to assess your progress . |
| 5 | The story starts one cold night in January when I was asked to attend a staff meeting for members of the Chelmsford Local Duke of Edinburgh award leadership team . |
| 6 | It meant that Mrs Constantine had been asked to attend a meeting and wanted to get out of it at all costs . |
| 7 | He was a practitioner of the old school who was intrigued to be asked to treat a child named after the mother of Oedipus , but unimpressed with anything she had to say . |
| 8 | If an order is made the judge should be asked to include a direction therein as to the interest . |
| 9 | Chairman it 's er an excellent question an an and I , I , I 'm hesitating in giving er an an off the cuff answer , but the first of all we were n't actually asked to issue a statement of conformity at this stage |
| 10 | STUART RILEY , a marketing specialist at the University of Lancaster , recognised his role in industrial change when he was asked to wear a suit for factory visits . |
| 11 | STUART RILEY , a marketing specialist at the University of Lancaster , recognised his role in industrial change when he was asked to wear a suit for factory visits . |
| 12 | It is possible for the offline operator to indicate this at the operator terminal when asked to mount a media item on the unit , and no further requests will be made of that unit during that particular offline run . |
| 13 | Mr Chettle , who lives in Saltburn and who has led workshops and lectured in Amsterdam , recalled how Cleveland Arts was once asked to paint a mural for a hospital . |
| 14 | It was now once again resolved that two professors should be appointed , and the medical committee was asked to arrange a plan for their appointment and to define their duties . |
| 15 | Andrew Davis and Kevin Hewitt were asked to arrange a lump sum payment . |
| 16 | Maitland to be asked to circulate a copy of the draft Minute of Agreement to Christian Aid and SCIAF before the next meeting so that this can be looked at . |
| 17 | You are asked to plan a survey to investigate the consumption of sweets by school children . |
| 18 | An extreme example of this occurred when a hospital social worker was asked to see a family who refused to allow a newly bereaved husband to leave hospital to attend his wife 's funeral , as they felt angrily that he had contributed to her unexpected death with his demands . |
| 19 | John Chant asked how the above was progressing and I explained that we have had initial draft typeset — he has asked to see a copy which I have passed to him today . |
| 20 | Her musical career continues — she has just been asked to write a song for a new album by Belinda Carlisle . |
| 21 | ‘ Since the semi-final everything just revolves round football , ’ says Francie , ‘ And when we were asked to write a couple of songs to mark Derry 's feat in reaching the final , we were only too happy to oblige . ’ |
| 22 | " The Boy and the Monkey " , and had been asked to write a court report about the trial in that story . |
| 23 | There the letter breaks off , and I find no other reference to this ‘ most interesting , extraordinary and traumatic ’ event until summer 1976 , five years later , when I was asked to write a summary of my coming out . |
| 24 | The story of the Smith family , first introduced in Part 1 , is presented again and you are asked to write a protocol that follows the ten steps in Part 3 and makes use of the information in Parts I , 2 and 4 . |
| 25 | You are not likely to be asked to write a report on a complex or recondite subject at the stage that you have reached in your studies . |
| 26 | Participants were asked to write a letter to themselves as if from an imaginary — or real — ex-pupil , expressing their appreciation for the contribution that they , the teachers , had made to the pupil 's life . |
| 27 | Then the Dutch representative in his turn alleged that he was being asked to accept a position implying mere equality with that of the duke of Savoy , which was contrary to his instructions : he therefore also refused to attend . |
| 28 | Sometimes , a conveyancer may be asked to accept a vesting assent as a root of title , but this is not very satisfactory . |
| 29 | If Culley had been asked to guess a description of James Court 's house , he would have been almost right . |
| 30 | All oil and chemical tankers calling at French and Italian ports have been banned from using the strait , and the International Maritime Organization has been asked to impose a ban on all tankers using the waterway . |