Example sentences of "to ask [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALWAYS call a restaurant first to ask them the price of an average meal . |
| 2 | Oh I , I think one had to consider erm , I , I 'd have to ask them the size of the room , what , what sort of a room it was , er , it was no use getting the fitting which erm was either far too big for the room in it 's , in it 's physical size |
| 3 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 4 | I hope she ai n't going to ask me a question — you know , like where summat is , like the ladies or summat , cos to tell the truth I do n't really know my way round here . |
| 5 | Who 'd like to ask me a question ? |
| 6 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |
| 7 | Sir David continues to ask me every couple of hours if I 've done it yet . ’ |
| 8 | So I was n't bitter when I put myself into the hands of the surgeon and that splendid bank nurse was so thoughtful as to ask me the question . |
| 9 | Chatterton unbent enough to ask me the question . |
| 10 | The thing about the business miles , you were right to ask me the business miles |
| 11 | And I have to ask you a favour . |
| 12 | I 've come to ask you a favour . ’ |
| 13 | The chief purpose of this letter is actually to ask you a favour . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm trying to screw up enough courage to ask you a favour , ’ she muttered , flushing . |
| 15 | Well last time we , last time he came with us , I said there 's one thing I just want to ask you a favour , that 's enough , she 's as happy as harry now she 's faced up to the fact , that er , he was not good because he did n't love her any way , she loved him . |
| 16 | ‘ My dad promised to ask you a question , but he forgot , and Mom could n't remember . |
| 17 | I 'm sorry to ask you a question Kempson . |
| 18 | ‘ I want to ask you a question . |
| 19 | And now I want to ask you a question . |
| 20 | ‘ I wish to ask you a question , and ask it on your allegiance to God , the King and this Order . ’ |
| 21 | Now , Emma , listen , I 'm going to ask you a question . |
| 22 | So I 've got to ask you the question ? |
| 23 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
| 24 | Corbett devoured it hungrily while the gaoler watched impassively but , when Corbett tried to ask him a question , slapped him in the mouth , grabbed the bowl and waddled out of the cell . |
| 25 | It was wrong to ask him a question . |
| 26 | I must have lived , oh , well over ninety-five years , but when I eventually meet God I want to ask him a question which has haunted me all my life . |
| 27 | To check his wandering thoughts he started to ask her to resume her labours elsewhere and finish the surgery when he had completed his own tasks in it — Only to find that she was hopping gently from foot to foot , and was bursting to ask him a question . |
| 28 | If we can put all this point-scoring to one side , I should like to ask him a question concerning several thousand of my constituents . |
| 29 | Sue , can I , I need to ask him a question . |
| 30 | Kind of like to ask him a couple of little things . ’ |