Example sentences of "he would ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He would ask Jamie in the evening . |
| 3 | ‘ Tell me about the funny Dutch houses and Red Indians , ’ he would ask . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you want me to give those to her ? ’ he would ask when people desperately pointed bunches of flowers in her direction . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He would ask potential supporters : ‘ Would you like a copy of my speech of the third of August . |
| 7 | The next time Eleanor rang him he would ask her to tea . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Mr Ashdown dismissed suggestions that he would ask for four Cabinet posts for his party in a coalition government . |
| 10 | He would ask for even more money this time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 13 | Whenever I ran into him he would ask , ‘ Seen Hornbaker yet ? ’ |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | 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 ? ’ |
| 16 | If he had a good fairy on hand he would ask her to wave her wand and change British spending habits . |
| 17 | If Anthea was still feeling vindictive by then , he would ask Dr Taggart . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In fact , rather tactlessly , he would ask my advice , try to get me to help him understand her point of view . |
| 20 | Then once more he would ask himself whether he was among the Elect or whether the Day of Grace might have already come and gone . |
| 21 | He said he would ask Sir David Attenborough to help her , which he did by checking out her agent and saying he would look out for a film part for her . ’ |
| 22 | When this assignment was well and truly nailed he would ask Jo , long chance , if she could get over here . |
| 23 | ‘ Why ? ’ he would ask ; and ‘ Wherefore ? ’ |
| 24 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 25 | " How do you do it ? " he would ask . |
| 26 | He has n't any other commitments and he would ask that erm he be allowed to pay the fine at the rate of twenty pounds per week . |
| 27 | He has n't any other commitments and he would ask that erm he 'd be allowed to pay the fine at a rate of twenty pounds per week . |
| 28 | He accepted , as a necessity and as a form of self-punishment , Ricky 's need for women , but when Ricky returned from a weekend away he would ask rather bitterly , ‘ Was she worth it ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What 's going on here ? ’ he would ask , setting to work a critical apparatus that left his students impressed . |
| 30 | The limitations inherent in student work became overly familiar and he would ask , despairingly , ‘ How can I make them good ? ’ |