Example sentences of "[vb infin] asked " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Ms Doi 's passion for pachinko and the industry 's reputation for large-scale tax evasion — both public knowledge - who could have asked for more ? |
| 2 | Someone must have asked the employers which they meant , and so they had to plump . |
| 3 | And , at one point , Malcolm must have asked him if he 'd consider coming over to join the band , because Hell wrote to us via him saying that it sounded interesting but that because money and visas would be a problem he just could n't . |
| 4 | ‘ I should n't have asked you then . ’ |
| 5 | At the very least it might have asked itself how it intended to make money selling American shares to Americans at a time when Wall Street 's native giants were incapable of doing so . |
| 6 | Even if she had n't sussed out who had ordered the stuff , she should have asked for his advice and help in disposing of it . |
| 7 | I should have asked you into the house to dry it out ! ’ |
| 8 | She could n't have asked it more gently . |
| 9 | He could not have asked for a clearer-case of his anti-Christian enemy ‘ trampling on the moral law ’ than in Hungary . |
| 10 | ‘ If Faith had been here , ’ Alida Thorne said , biting daintily into a scone , ‘ I would have asked her advice . |
| 11 | I should n't have asked that , Florence Ames thought , he does n't care to be questioned about his mother and it makes me seem too familiar , too prying . |
| 12 | Spurgeon might also have asked if an ‘ Oxbridge ’ -educated ministry had helped or hindered the Church of England 's work among working people . |
| 13 | IF ENGLAND had wanted a tough competitive fixture to complete their domestic programme before the Students World Cup in Italy in July 1 , they could not have asked for better preparation that at Blundellsands yesterday . |
| 14 | I 'm sure he would have asked me to stay on if I had . ’ |
| 15 | I know you do n't much like them , that I should have asked a couple of the hospital people as well as people who share my interests — ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I am the mother of a spastic child but had I been told before his birth that my son would be handicapped I would have asked for an abortion . |
| 17 | He would have asked far less . |
| 18 | Perhaps I should have asked them if they were intending to introduce creche facilities or anything to help the working mum ? |
| 19 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 20 | Invariably this works out at less than the cost of the repairs , because a vendor would be unlikely to reduce his price to the extent of their full cost — he would argue that he had already taken some account of defects and age when fixing the price of his house in the first place , and if he had been expected to replace all the windows he would have asked a correspondingly higher price . |
| 21 | When it was too late and Nails had had time to cool down , he realised he should have asked for Mr Bean or even Biddy or Nutty 's dad to be contacted . |
| 22 | I may have asked a few more questions ; I ca n't remember now . |
| 23 | They may have asked you about your work , your leisure activities and the things you buy . |
| 24 | I 'd have asked Mark to dinner . |
| 25 | He replied that there was n't , but that I should have asked for Operations when I got to Porto . |
| 26 | She could have asked Dorothy of course , Dorothy knew about these things , but she could n't face the look of exasperation she knew she 'd get , the telling-off . |
| 27 | And he would have asked manager Mark McCormack why . |
| 28 | My Mother was n't insured and the funeral director 's bill of £150 was a shock ( he might as well have asked for the moon ) . |
| 29 | They should have asked Mr Bill Wyman , even though he 's left the band . |
| 30 | UNDER 12s : Junior may well have asked Santa for Madonna 's Erotica ( WEA ) . |