Example sentences of "[noun] ask him [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 | 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 " . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 've a good mind to ask him for it after all . " |
| 6 | So when Jane asked him for a loan , he snapped back : ‘ I think my first duty is to look after myself ! ’ |
| 7 | It was said that if the Tsarists of Russia asked him to , he would even despatch his own mother . |
| 8 | Ruth asked him with trepidation , half anticipating a sudden dismissal of herself from his home . |
| 9 | MICK CLEARY asked him about his future , his captaincy of Quins and his rivals . |
| 10 | He was surprised when the girl asked him for threepence . |
| 11 | It was during the second week that Carol asked him to dinner at her parents ' place . |
| 12 | Riven asked him with a snap . |
| 13 | We went to see Colin Wakeham to ask him on whose authority he 'd run the competiton . |
| 14 | Julia asked him during a pause in the others ' talk . |
| 15 | Remembering that Peter Suvarov had , himself , taken part in that Revolution , Julia asked him about the Russians ' probable intentions . |
| 16 | ‘ He is that kind of Dharjee , ’ the head had said , when Robert asked him about this . |
| 17 | Theda asked him at length . |
| 18 | When Jamie came in with the food at gloaming , Cameron asked him for another blanket . |
| 19 | It was the question she had been screwing up her courage to ask him for some time , but Duro pretended he had n't heard , and turned away to talk to Dom Alfonso . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're prepared to go , I suppose ? ’ the magistrate asked him with a studied casualness Zen found rather insulting . |
| 21 | Are you telling me that Leo — Matt , ’ she corrected herself impatiently , ‘ came over here because these people in Port Headland asked him to ? ’ |
| 22 | The devil asked him to but Christ refused . ’ |
| 23 | But Ken 's experience in working with wood , coupled to a keen eye for design , was soon put to good use when customers asked him for ideas on pond layout , particularly those with a Japanese flavour . |
| 24 | But , before Robert had the chance to ask him about the Golden Calf of the Druze , or what a Nizari Ismaili might be , or how many of either group might be lurking around Wimbledon , the bell sounded for the end of break , and , below them , in the Great Hall , he heard the sounds of the whole school assembling for nature , recreation and Islamic dancing . |
| 25 | Joseph Mollicone , president of the Heritage Loan Investment Bank , disappeared in November 1990 after auditors asked him about millions of dollars in missing loans from the bank . |
| 26 | Mungo and Emily asked him about his childhood . |
| 27 | In France he was courted by publicity-conscious surfers ; people asked him for his autograph . |
| 28 | What I was trying to say was , if you 're really bored with him and he 's doing is , any form of bio-chemistry start asking him about the correct names , what are they ? |
| 29 | ‘ This story of Terry 's about going after your father to ask him for a loan to buy a small-holding — what do you make of that ? ’ |
| 30 | The unsuspecting victim was horrified when a ‘ corpse ’ leaned out of an open coffin to ask him for a takeaway pizza . |