Example sentences of "[verb] ask [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly , the other evening , he starts asking me about all the new sorts of mobile phone on the market — how they work , what their range is , how much they cost . |
| 2 | He tried asking her about herself , but she had a knack of averting his questions with an apparently bashful stammer , looking at him with kohl-lined eyes that rolled around like the globules in a bricklayer 's balance . |
| 3 | A clergyman in his late thirties recently said : ‘ No-one has asked me about my praying since I was ordained ! ’ — whether he wanted anyone to ask him was not clear , but the implication was that he needed it ! |
| 4 | " Father , " she said quietly , " Dom João has asked me to be his wife and I have accepted his keepsake . |
| 5 | Erm somebody I know has asked me to er You know I do n't know if you know how they compile dictionaries ? |
| 6 | On a more cheerful note however , his brother Paul has asked me to be his Sponsor for Confirmation next month — so I 'm quite proud about that ! |
| 7 | Producer Duncan Weldon has asked him from time to time to do a tour but Courtenay has never responded until now . |
| 8 | And I believe Bob has asked you to er , I think , collect some data erm , on trade in wheat and cotton erm , as an example . |
| 9 | For example , there is a right way and a wrong way of answering a stranger who has asked you for the time . |
| 10 | And when the King thought it a fit season , he spake to him and said , that Doña Ximena Gomez , the daughter of the Count whom he had slain , had come to ask him for her husband , and would forgive him her father 's death ; wherefore he besought him to think it good to take her to be his wife , in which case he would show him great favour . |
| 11 | " I 've come to ask you for money , my lord . |
| 12 | When Ludens tried to ask him about his ‘ thoughts ’ , he replied that he had ‘ difficulties ’ which they might discuss ‘ later on ’ . |
| 13 | You want to ask her about that . |
| 14 | I want to ask her about this issue . |
| 15 | Yes erm Hugh , I want to ask you as erm the Chairer of the area er committee erm if you 're happy with |
| 16 | I just want to ask you about the actual erm methodology , which sections did you examine ? |
| 17 | I want to ask you about Jane Pargeter . ’ |
| 18 | I want to ask you about Chrissie Ashdown . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I want to ask you about her . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I want to ask you about Nefi . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I want to ask you about my Diary . ’ |
| 22 | Now on the management charge which is what I want to ask you about , cos that 's what you 've said in the brochure , on the management charge , did you deliberately set the management charge too low to hook the punters ? |
| 23 | Now I wan I want to ask you about that . |
| 24 | Oh yes I 'd forgotten to ask you about that . |
| 25 | Group pick up you 'll need to ask me about , group pick up with call forwarding . |
| 26 | But she was gone before I could finish asking her for help , borne away by three identically dressed musketeers , waving her whip in the air , and lost in the crowds again . |
| 27 | ‘ Stop asking me about that ! ’ |
| 28 | And astronomers would never have looked in that area , in that region , perhaps radio astronomy , unless you 'd asked them to ? |
| 29 | ‘ Have you not heard of Resenence Jeopardy ? ’ she 'd asked him on the first day of their acquaintance . |
| 30 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |