Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merymose asked me to look at the body . ’ |
| 2 | Like a host in some cheerful tavern , he told them to tether their horses and ushered them in , asking them to sit at the table and wait while he finished his business in his own secret chamber . |
| 3 | PC Chris Eden said : ‘ It 's amazing how drivers ’ attitudes change when we ask them to look at the recording . |
| 4 | The professor 's secretary , who is wearing fluffy aquamarine slippers , asks me to wait at the end of a blank corridor . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's asked me to dine at the villa he 's looking after for a few months , just to oblige a couple of ex-pats . |
| 6 | They 've asked him to look at the case because it makes a mockery of justice . |
| 7 | For example : I expect her to obey me when I make a reasonable request or command , so that , if ( say ) I ask her to remain at the table until she 's finished her meal , she does so without endless arguments or fits of temper . |
| 8 | So I think erm Hertfordshire 's voice should be heard and however , my resolution asks us to look at the possibility of opposing not only the building of terminal five but all further airport expansion in the South East be it at Heathrow , Stansted , Gatwick or Luton . |
| 9 | Is the on the C V T , but again it 's , it 's easier to look at something when we 're talking about this , so I 'm going to ask you to look at the Covermaster rate book , which does n't have page numbers , but I want you to find the allocation to units table which is about four or five pages in . |