Example sentences of "[noun] ask [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acheson , as acting Secretary of State , may not have gone so far ; although just before the war began , when it looked as if Moffat was going to meet Ho in Hanoi , Acheson asked him to ‘ keep in mind Ho 's clear record as agent international communism , absence evidence recantation Moscow affiliations … and support Ho receiving [ from ] French Communist Party . ’ |
| 2 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |
| 3 | She 'd have to take off her thick blue jersey soon , and she could n't remember how many buttons had come off the shirt underneath , and it was sleeveless , and she had n't shaved her armpits since Philippa asked her to supper last week . |
| 4 | Linda asked her on a sudden impulse . |
| 5 | One journalist asked him about " The Love Life of J. Alfred Prufrock " and he replied gravely , " I 'm afraid that J. Alfred Prufrock did n't have much of a love life " . |
| 6 | Mrs Spencer asked us to tea ; they pressed us , so we accepted . |
| 7 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 8 | A man in rags asked her for the price of a cup of tea . |
| 9 | Ken asked us for |
| 10 | Boycs asked me at Headingley if I had a big car . |
| 11 | When the group was set up , Mr Lang asked it to ‘ consider current land and land-related uses in the Cairngorms and to recommend an integrated management plan for the future that reflects the needs of natural resource conservation and enhancement , social and economic priorities and access for recreational purposes ’ . |
| 12 | But others criticised her for interrupting too often and looking unprofessional as she slumped in her seat asking him about his O level exam achievements . |
| 13 | You can tell that Arthur Parker , head of IBM UK 's Enterprise Systems division , is getting heartily sick of journalists asking him about downsizing : ‘ If I only read the papers and did n't know my subject I would believe that the vast majority of large corporations are desperate to move applications off the mainframe — and that is rubbish ’ he says . |
| 14 | We wrote to the AAIB asking them about this , but they never answered . |
| 15 | He 's got a nerve asking you to , well letting you do this . |
| 16 | Or the more punchy ‘ How would you like to buy some shares in Gibbs Building Contractors — ‘ Do n't pick your contractor/ By throwing a dice/ Bring GIBBS into the game/ Ask us for a price ’ . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You didna ask me for evidence , John , you sought my best judgement , and you have it . |
| 18 | We have offered to produce , on demand , any other communications which braille readers ask us for . |
| 19 | You should keep all your P11 forms and pay records for at least 3 years after the end of the tax year to which they relate , or longer if the Inland Revenue asks you to . |
| 20 | These were both common complaints : that other girls or boys did not have the nerve to ask you to your face if you were pregnant or not , and that " you find out who your real friends are " . |
| 21 | O 's whole way of making love was strange ; he worked on your body until you could n't stand it , but it was impersonal somehow , as if he was digging inside you to find someone else , something else , something he 'd lost or wanted but could n't find words to ask you for . |
| 22 | I 've a good mind to ask him for it after all . " |
| 23 | ‘ The fool asked me about Beth . ’ |
| 24 | So when Jane asked him for a loan , he snapped back : ‘ I think my first duty is to look after myself ! ’ |
| 25 | Is that the day Jane asked them about the pension , how much there 'd |
| 26 | As their appointment was n't until the afternoon , Sukey Benedict asked them to lunch beforehand . |
| 27 | It was said that if the Tsarists of Russia asked him to , he would even despatch his own mother . |
| 28 | Ruth asked him with trepidation , half anticipating a sudden dismissal of herself from his home . |
| 29 | MICK CLEARY asked him about his future , his captaincy of Quins and his rivals . |
| 30 | ‘ Do Black Magic people in England attack you ? ’ a Roscommon chip shop boy asked me in awe . |