Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] ask [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MORE tea , vicar ? is not the sort of thing I expected to ask minutes after arriving in a Swiss ski resort . |
| 2 | ‘ I tried to ask Mum about it , but she changed the subject . |
| 3 | Yet as time wore on and still no one spoke I itched to ask questions . |
| 4 | I I 'd asked Chris to organize it and it was n't . |
| 5 | The van was in Belmodes and I 'd asked Charley not to park it there , but he always did . |
| 6 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
| 7 | Just for the sake of neatness , I 'd asked Miss Hinkle to set Sam Thompson to work finding out about Mrs. Porter and her big black car when I excused myself early in the interview with her . |
| 8 | When I 'd asked Chola what the ceremony was for she 'd said she did n't know : they 'd always done it . |
| 9 | Later , when I came to ask Aunt Louise about the food , she had seemed satisfied : ‘ Country food ; good plain country food . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I came to ask Louisa 's advice . |
| 11 | I forgot to ask Louise . ’ |
| 12 | So I began to ask questions , lots of them . |
| 13 | I began asking people if they knew anything about them . |
| 14 | I decided to ask Mrs Dean to sit with me after supper . |
| 15 | Before this razor sharp satire became too cutting and brought down the Government , I decided to ask Neil and John a few questions … |
| 16 | It seemed to me that there were two types of variations that I wished to explore , and there were a number of different methods that I would have to employ to resolve some of the problems that arose once I started to ask questions about these variations . |
| 17 | When I started to ask questions she just hung up . ’ |
| 18 | I quickly adjusted to my new continental customers and I started to ask questions about their particular delicacies , and that was when my real education started . |
| 19 | Then , as soon as I started asking questions , they tried to stop me . |
| 20 | Enjoying what I had heard so much , I started asking questions , only to realise that the equipment in these cars alone was worth about £3500 , and installation costs were on top of that ! |
| 21 | So I went to ask Mr Rochester 's permission to leave Thornfield for a while . |
| 22 | I dared to ask Gene about his extensive use of Pedulla basses ( with their infamous lurid graphics ) and his prototype be-mirrored BC Rich , affectionately named ‘ The Punisher ’ . |
| 23 | I hesitated to ask Bimal more about army brutality — afraid that the memory would rekindle some private pain . |
| 24 | Once I did ask Agnes about the Luciferi but the girl just paled and shook her head . |
| 25 | I rarely spoke , and when I did ask questions I did not question the answers . |
| 26 | ‘ I did ask Paul about that . |
| 27 | I did ask Mme Guérigny what evidence she had for these sacrificial murders . |
| 28 | I have one suggestion , wh whether you would like to pursue the matter further , but I did ask Frederick whether he could brief you more fully . |
| 29 | Although I did ask Deborah to include . |
| 30 | I said ask Jenny if you want to play a tune on it . |