Example sentences of "he would ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she 'd been blind positive he 'd ask her out . |
| 2 | He 'd ask you what club it was without giving you a clue what he was thinking . |
| 3 | I wish he 'd ask me , ‘ What are the voices saying ? ’ |
| 4 | Hands behind his back he 'd ask , ‘ Which hand ? ’ |
| 5 | And he used to sort of ask you questions you know , sort of sit there and pick on you and if he knew you did n't have the faintest idea what he was going on about he 'd ask you all the more , see , and if you could n't answer it , he used to come up to you , look at you , would n't say nothing , give you this funny look and tell you to get in the next room . |
| 6 | But what I remember was the way he 'd ask : " How much do you want from me ? " |
| 7 | Then he 'd ask one of the boys : ‘ Can you play the kittle-drum on the anvil like this ? |
| 8 | He 'd ask if he 'd hurt me , but now he 's used to me ’ , and she laughed with pleasure . |
| 9 | And if y if of the five thousand pounds , for an extreme example , four thousand pounds of car expenses , he 'd ask you in and say hello , what sort of car have you got then ? |
| 10 | He said he 'd ask the staff when they got in . |
| 11 | When he started making enquiries into the Josephs ’ business affairs in France you were obviously one of the first people he 'd ask . |
| 12 | If I told him what I suspect and why , do you think he 'd ask for proof ? ’ |
| 13 | He would ask young Alex for the ring , and see that it was put well on Mary 's finger , he would wish them to be happy and fruitful and true to one another and that nothing would ever part them . |
| 14 | He would ask Jamie in the evening . |
| 15 | ‘ Tell me about the funny Dutch houses and Red Indians , ’ he would ask . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you want me to give those to her ? ’ he would ask when people desperately pointed bunches of flowers in her direction . |
| 17 | After spending some time with the injured fan , Baggio said that if there was any violence during last Sunday 's game between the same two sides he would ask to be substituted . |
| 18 | He would ask potential supporters : ‘ Would you like a copy of my speech of the third of August . |
| 19 | The next time Eleanor rang him he would ask her to tea . |
| 20 | Sometimes he would ask them to leave ; more often they stayed , and let the welter of codes and commands and memos and messages accumulate round them . |
| 21 | Mr Ashdown dismissed suggestions that he would ask for four Cabinet posts for his party in a coalition government . |
| 22 | He would ask for even more money this time . |
| 23 | Whenever he saw her he would ask her to explain the Bible to him , and in the drawing he made of her , he wrote the Hebrew version of her name , Chana , daughter of Rafael , in Hebrew characters across the top of the head . |
| 24 | ‘ Ca n't you see ? ’ , he would ask ; ‘ do n't you feel … ca n't you hear ? ’ , as he rushed from one place or book or topic to another , expecting others to have the same reactions , so that Frank Tait , a cultured and intelligent man , described how he ‘ hurried out of breath to seem less far behind ’ . |
| 25 | Whenever I ran into him he would ask , ‘ Seen Hornbaker yet ? ’ |
| 26 | And what better community could you get than in Spring Street , he would ask , for had n't it a shop that supplied food , and two others that fitted you out from top to bottom ? |
| 27 | I remember on numerous occasions , when I entered an adult conversation at the table with a remark of my own , he would ask , ‘ Did anyone ask for your opinion ? ’ |
| 28 | If he had a good fairy on hand he would ask her to wave her wand and change British spending habits . |
| 29 | If Anthea was still feeling vindictive by then , he would ask Dr Taggart . |
| 30 | He would be calm and unafraid and , because he had remembered to breathe deeply before starting , he would ask the question in an easy manner without stammering at all . |