Example sentences of "[verb] ask him [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course being nervous he often drank a little too much , so that when he finally looked up at the end of the night it would be with something like desperation , a fear that no one was going to ask him to leave with them ; but the way he looked at you also meant that you knew he would never say no , if you did ask . |
| 2 | Having looked at the growing success of the Editing for Industry awards and noted the fact that Alan Peaford was due to step down after a three-year stint in the chair , I decided to ask him to continue in the post for my year of office . |
| 3 | The occasion was made even more splendid by the presence of King Alfonso II of Aragon and Count Raymond V of Toulouse , who had asked him to act as an arbitrator in their long-standing quarrel . |
| 4 | Omar Arteh Ghaleb , who had been Prime Minister of Somalia 's interim government since February , resigned on Aug. 20 ; Radio Mogadishu reported , however , that President Mahdi , who had been sworn in himself on Aug. 18 [ see p. 38323 ] , had asked him to continue with his responsibilities until a successor was appointed . |
| 5 | Then I wished I had asked him to walk with me to the coach , and I could not stop crying . |
| 6 | The Sunday before she had asked him to come to tea . |
| 7 | ‘ Mam had asked him to look after us and there were just the three children in the house . |
| 8 | Then he said , " Burgess is at home , and I 've asked him to report to you at the mortuary . |
| 9 | They 've asked him to look at the case because it makes a mockery of justice . |
| 10 | But what you have to do is actually realize that Jesus died for you you have to be sorry for all the things that you 've done wrong and you need to ask him to come into your life and to be your own saviour . |
| 11 | Well , on the specific issue , which is item one three two , are we agreed that we write quite clear but nonetheless firm letter to Mr Patten , explaining that we are minded to ask him to comment on these matters , it this time comes from the Chair and the Chief Officer about and perhaps he will therefore take it more seriously . |