Example sentences of "[pron] ask [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw , and I have had in actual fact , recourse to actually use that service over there , and it 's rather interesting if one can t to say that er in the particular village which I er represent , they actually came up , when I asked a certain question , they gave me a , a , far more than what I actually asked for at the time , but found out who the first village constable was , and I think myself that er , that service over there , it deserves every praise it gets heaped on it . |
| 2 | I asked a passing cop what was going on , but he just double-took on me and snarled , ‘ You would n't believe it . ’ |
| 3 | I asked a blond-haired little boy . |
| 4 | As Glumdalclitch was ill , I asked a young servant to take me down to the beach for some fresh air . |
| 5 | Seeking enlightenment , I asked a recent graduate of the college . |
| 6 | When I asked a Pakistani woman in her forties about this interpretation , she said : |
| 7 | I asked a mystified Robins , who explained with a laugh that it had been Colonel Fawcett 's idea . |
| 8 | CHOOSING my words carefully , I asked a top Mercedes-Benz diesel engineer some time ago which diesel he would drive — assuming that he could n't afford a Mercedes . |
| 9 | ( Do you know , years ago I asked a wise man who lived in a cave outside Alexandria why this happens ? |
| 10 | Between formal sessions I asked an amiable American academic precisely how he managed to familiarize his students with it , given the difficulty . |
| 11 | When recently I asked an enthusiastic practitioner to test the technique in maths , although they were themselves enthusiastic about language , I received confirmation of insecurity , of a self-confessed distraction from the task of teaching in favour of essentially a technician-type reliance on the scheme , and a domination of the teacher by the process of recording progress . |
| 12 | I asked the Assistant Commissioner to let me go to Helsinki and he refused . |
| 13 | The following day I asked the young women of an all-girls ' school I was visiting if they had seen her , and what they thought . |
| 14 | Moreover , ’ he smiled , ‘ I asked the young gallant who was sitting by Benedicta to take care of both ladies . |
| 15 | What I asked the right hon. Gentleman — and what he has still not answered — is , would the Government veto a treaty with the word ’ federal ’ in it ? |
| 16 | I asked the right hon. Gentleman to appeal to the Roman Catholic Church to excommunicate the terrorists — the evil gang of murderers , and their supporters and helpers . |
| 17 | I asked the right hon. and learned Gentleman whether he knew that his right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition would go to Luigi 's restaurant and say what he said about phasing . |
| 18 | It was a clear night , but the radar was a mass of echoes and I asked the Belgian contact to give me an estimated course and speed of our quarry , and as a result of this we were able to pick it up . |
| 19 | I asked the new director there , John Hutchinson , whether this concerned him . |
| 20 | I asked the Chief Accountant . |
| 21 | I asked the Second Son . |
| 22 | When I asked the self-same question . |
| 23 | I walked in through the door and , feeling a bit lost , I asked the first person I saw if he knew whether the Social Secretary was around . |
| 24 | I put that as an amendment , not reiterating the entire Labour budget , but I asked the Liberal Democrats , who purport to want to erm provide that sort of service to vulnerable people could they not accept that extra half a million pounds as an amendment , and two out of the group abstained , the rest of them voted against that as an amendment . |
| 25 | AT a public election meeting held in St Luke 's Church Hall , Ferryhill , on Sunday , March 29 , I asked the following of the three candidates . |
| 26 | I asked the hon. Member before to bring the matter to my office . |
| 27 | I wanted to introduce Dana to Pernod , so I asked the old man for ‘ dos Pernod ’ . |
| 28 | I asked the old man why |
| 29 | I asked the old man about this client from the North and he remembered her . ’ |
| 30 | I asked the old man , his nose almost level with the steering wheel of his equally elderly car . |