Example sentences of "ask a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now can I ask a self-indulgent question , I mean , how well do you think the women , ten , and twenty , and thirty years older than you have done in , in achieving a better deal for women your age ? |
| 2 | I heard Lady Rutherford ask a tiny figure dressed in top hat and tails with a flowery waistcoat . |
| 3 | Should it be , ‘ Has it authority in all matters ? ’ , or should one ask a separate question regarding its authority in matters of taxation , or perhaps one should inquire separately concerning its authority in matters of corporate taxation and personal taxation ? |
| 4 | My Lords , I wonder if I could ask a practical question arising out of this . |
| 5 | Can I ask a selfish question ? |
| 6 | Can I ask a personal question ? |
| 7 | Moderator , can I ask a second question ? |
| 8 | He could n't even ask a reasonable question without making it sound like an insult ! |
| 9 | Can I ask a further question Councillor please ? |
| 10 | Can I can I ask a direct question ? |
| 11 | And then , purely on impulse , Cardiff heard himself ask a crazy question , but a question that was no crazier than the situation he 'd found himself in of late , with people who vanished into and out of walls , the hideous death of four people , three of them his own men and a stalking monstrosity from the pages of a horror comic out there somewhere in the night … not to mention cars that just fell out of the sky . |
| 12 | Mrs Thatcher will ask a particular Cabinet colleague to prepare a paper on a particular issue just for her , not for the Cabinet or a Cabinet committee . |
| 13 | You , you did promise me Mr Chairman , that I could just ask a quick question . |