Example sentences of "[noun sg] ask him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 " . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 've a good mind to ask him for it after all . " |
| 4 | He was surprised when the girl asked him for threepence . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're prepared to go , I suppose ? ’ the magistrate asked him with a studied casualness Zen found rather insulting . |
| 7 | The devil asked him to but Christ refused . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 11 | The unsuspecting victim was horrified when a ‘ corpse ’ leaned out of an open coffin to ask him for a takeaway pizza . |
| 12 | When Lahr wrote the story , Ken insisted on a line in which the man asked him to ‘ give me a fuck ’ being removed . |
| 13 | Once , Barry 's daughter asked him for an autograph . |
| 14 | The boy was in Nunnery Lane when another youth asked him for a ride on the bike and never returned . |
| 15 | He 's in the dressing room next door and , after sorting himself out , he knocked and joined me in mine , giving me the opportunity to ask him about his illness . |
| 16 | He failed to quote chapter and verse when Apricot asked him to , and then said it was a personal matter , in any case : if he was going into the priesthood he 'd rather do it celibate . |
| 17 | A master asked him on one occasion whether a word was nominative or dative , and back came his answer : ‘ I do n't really care , sir ! ’ |
| 18 | Geoffrey says he 's considering writing another letter to the Prime Minister asking him for a proper reply to his questions . |