Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met Charlie , and he asked me to come along to the Mothering Day Service . |
| 2 | The court usher appeared then and asked them to move out into the corridor . |
| 3 | She was n't keen on her three rather quieter children being involved , and asked them to return home from the farm if the W children arrived to play . |
| 4 | Remember Ah asked ye to go slowly at the start ? |
| 5 | Question six asked you to listen carefully to the music of bars fourteen to nineteen and say where the player takes a breath . |
| 6 | I asked you to stay downstairs with the guests . |
| 7 | ‘ I keep asking you to come out in the boat , you say you have to work . |
| 8 | Mr Trippier , who was said to be expressing the views of his constituents , wrote to Mr Kenneth Clarke on November 24 asking him to look again at the original 6.5 per cent pay offer , saying it was not fair . |
| 9 | After a long session trying on clothes , she was walking out with her purchases when a man tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to go back into the shop . |
| 10 | Rachel asked her to come back after the show , when someone would take her to her sister 's lodgings . ’ |
| 11 | Of course I asked him to look carefully at the locked room , but we did n't find anything important . ’ |
| 12 | Before the Collector continued about his business , Dr McNab asked him to come over to the window for a moment . |
| 13 | We had a few drinks and all thought he seemed a bit of a laugh so we asked him to come back to the shop with us and have a bit of a sing . |
| 14 | We usually ask them to arrive ahead of the rest so that we can see them safely settled before the rush starts . ’ |
| 15 | I must write to the Michelin and ask them to look again at the Fermette Marboeuf ! |
| 16 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State will take the case to his colleagues in the Council of Ministers and ask them to look again at the proposals , which would be damaging not only to British industry but to industries — including tourism — right across the Community . |
| 17 | However , our editor asks me to look in at the United States ; so be it . |
| 18 | Question six asks you to listen carefully to the music of bars fourteen to nineteen . |
| 19 | Meantime , he reminded himself , since the entire company was now assembled , he had better be about sending off Father Boniface 's errand-boy to find Aldhelm at Upton among his sheep , and ask him to come down to the abbey when his work for the day was over , and pick out his shadowy Benedictine from among a number now complete . |
| 20 | On this occasion he could only get 5in so he told one of the shunters , George Dyson , what had happened and asked him to go back along the fish vans and find out if a bag was off . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State has asked it to advise specifically on the whole curriculum context within which work on individual foundation subjects should be carried forward . |
| 22 | She asked us to go back to the golden age of Callaghan . |
| 23 | so , we went into Morecambe and he asked us to go back in the farm again with this ladder |
| 24 | Each Holy One has , in turn , asked us to listen within to the purest guidance that is our entitlement . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't ask you to come here in the first place , and I certainly did n't ask for your help out here . |