Example sentences of "[coord] ask [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I spoke to Princesse Mathilde and asked her about the school Violette went to in Switzerland . |
2 | Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper . |
3 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
4 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
5 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
6 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
7 | I told him this and asked him for a prescription for a warm , dry home . |
8 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
9 | I believe she has even phoned an old school friend of mine whom she avowedly dislikes and asked him for the manuscript of a symphony we once composed together . |
10 | What I did n't mention to him was Gilbert 's phone call where he said she rang him on Saturday evening and asked him about a box . ’ |
11 | Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt . |
12 | A German interested in the project was visiting Cirencester and saw our trees and asked us about the clippings . |
13 | One day in April , Horsley , Walsh and Everett spent the morning in Manchester meeting the Co-op insurance company and asking them for a £750,000 investment , before rushing straight round to the Council Economic Development Committee to pitch for another £500,000 . |
14 | I visit many manufacturing companies and ask them about the state of their order books . |
15 | Having laid the groundwork of his interest , the politician had to be ready when election time rolled around again , and at that point an incumbent who could re-apply to constituents whom he had frequent occasion to meet , and ask them for a continuation of their friendship , without suggesting for a moment that any of them had a duty to support him in recognition of an implied bargain for past favours , was in a far stronger position than a man whose only contacts with his constituents took the form of patronage letters . |
16 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
17 | I think it 's unfair to anybody to show up with a tape recorder and ask them on the spot cos it puts them on the spot . |
18 | Phone Rich and ask him about the sound ! |
19 | go up to Lee and ask him about the letter that got |
20 | Daisy was screwing up her courage to accost Ricky and ask him for a drink after church when the Vicar launched into the final prayer about being made flesh , and she suddenly remembered the vast ox heart cooking in the oven for Ethel , which would burn dry if it was n't taken out , so she belted home . |
21 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
22 | And er anyway he come and ask me for a dance he did he goes , I 'm not much of dancer we did that one you know , what they call it ? |
23 | When you 've read it come and ask me for the disk and I 'll lend it to you . |
24 | Mrs Mrs rang me up and ask me about the one |
25 | His technique was to go up to one at a literary party and ask her for a cigarette . |
26 | Would you like to go to grandma and ask her for a cloth ? |
27 | After the meeting a lot of people wanted to talk to Karen and ask her about the last few days . |
28 | And ask her about the water heater cos if I ca n't take a shower I will stink ! |
29 | No , they wrote and ask you for the exact date of day I started getting ability allowance . |
30 | Claris looks out from under her limp-brimmed woollen hat and asks me for an orange with a charming broken-toothed smile . |