Example sentences of "[prep] ask [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ACTOR Clint Eastwood 's fan club has folded — after asking him in vain for a fistful of dollars . |
| 2 | Well , after asking me for yardages , which I did n't have , Tom tested me out . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't even think of asking me about female membership , ’ barked the old Sgt-Major . |
| 4 | Each week he would sit me on his knee and , under the pretence of asking me about the things I 'd been doing at school , he would squeeze my thighs and waist . |
| 5 | I mentioned to Kirk that I had no intention of asking him about that part of the tour . |
| 6 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 7 | I 've got one at work a blank , you should of asked me for it . |
| 8 | Although he was still hungry , he decided against asking her for second helpings now that he had forgotten to use her new name at the very first test . |
| 9 | And thanks for asking me to be bridesmaid . |
| 10 | bloody blue moon and you may not be worth putting on your and calling every six weeks Mandy , but , it might be worth asking it in a more open way . |
| 11 | The ‘ Yes to All ’ button stops Windows from asking you about every file . |
| 12 | The most effective way to guarantee rapid distribution is to let people try the program out before asking them for payment . |
| 13 | The most effective way to guarantee rapid distribution is to let people try the program out before asking them for payment . |
| 14 | I have not heard anything more since then , and am anxious to give you as much time as possible working with the tape before asking you for feedback on your experiences with it . |
| 15 | Enya is extraordinarily beautiful , but there seems little point in asking her about love affairs anymore . |
| 16 | ‘ I did wonder , ’ said Sophia at last in desperation , ‘ whether I had committed a grave social error in asking you to dinner alone when you may very well have a mother , wife or fiancee who should have been invited too . ’ |
| 17 | Cos I 'm gon na ask her to erm speak about the . |
| 18 | I do n't think most of these questions apply to you actually because they 're mostly like for the kind of older women , I was gon na ask them about how they er coped with the , you know , running a house and |
| 19 | so , so then Anita goes , no I go tell him to put it in a letter then , yeah , and he was gon na put it in a letter and then he changed his mind and he said he was gon na ask me after school , but then he did n't ask me after school and Kate gave him my phone number and then he phoned me |
| 20 | No I was gon na ask you for a lift down town , but er |
| 21 | Well I was just actually gon na ask you about about what you did afore it . |
| 22 | be quite sort of interesting It was just er d I was gon na ask you about your name as well , , it does n't sound very |
| 23 | Erm I was also gon na ask you about the the farm . |
| 24 | Another thing I was gon na ask you about was erm I 'd heard somebody mention ploughing competitions with horses . |
| 25 | I was also gon na ask you about , was it a morbid subject but about funerals . |
| 26 | goes in with that one cos I , I was gon na ask you about your income and I thought oh you 're not supposed to have any income |
| 27 | Cos I was gon na ask you about that , I wondered like , I wonder if your sister could like find out for us . |
| 28 | So , the first little bit of exercise we 're gon na do is , I 'm gon na ask you to , just work in pairs for about five minutes . |
| 29 | Oh you wanted to wave to me cos I was gon na ask you to erm get into the second carriage all the time . |
| 30 | Confuse a waitress by asking her for a Big Mac and chips ? |