Example sentences of "i have been ask [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been asked to teach a course of lectures at the Teachers ’ College , which is the only place in NZ to run a speech therapy course ( run jointly with the university ) ; so I was staying on for an extra 4 weeks , while the others ( except Ned , who was also staying in Christchurch with his job ) headed for Auckland to fly home . |
| 2 | If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling . |
| 3 | Whenever I 've been asked to take a sponsored parachute jump I 've declined , giving the excuse ‘ fear of flying ’ . |
| 4 | Incidentally I 've been asked to keep the talk fairly short , to avoid nodding off . |
| 5 | I have been asked to draw the attention of Wyre Borough Council to a burnt out car which I understand has been abandoned off the road near the reservoir on Nicky Nook , Scorton . |
| 6 | I find it very difficult to dwell on these serious — even gloomy — thoughts when the sun is shining , the winds light and I have been asked to take a party of visitors out for a boat trip . |
| 7 | I have been asked to do a couple of days work in Aberdeen sometime next month and also some part time development/fund-raising work for a charity ( The Association for the Preservation of Rural Scotland ) . |
| 8 | ‘ You know that I have been asked to give a course of sermons at St Basil 's ? |
| 9 | Nether Wyresdale Parish Council have received a summary of the report but I have been asked to obtain a copy of the complete report . |
| 10 | I have been asked to write an account of the social welfare programme of the Gulbenkian Foundation from 1964 to 1990 . |
| 11 | Q I have been asked to make an outside sign in timber for my bowls club . |
| 12 | ‘ I have been asked to supply the models and I would like you to be one of them . ’ |
| 13 | I have been asked to express the concern of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council about the safety aspect of the now derelict mill building on the Dairy Yard in Scorton . |
| 14 | I have been asked to send a copy of this letter to the local police station dealing with the accident . |