Example sentences of "asked [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had written to Joe Ackerley about Dana , and how we were writing poems together , and he asked to see some examples of this unusual collaboration . |
| 2 | They asked to see some . |
| 3 | The newspaper asked to see any responsible official — none was available . |
| 4 | Then I asked to go straight back . |
| 5 | When I mentioned his name in Hawaii an informant who asked to remain anonymous said : ‘ Johnny Boy Gomes is the meanest , heaviest dude on the whole of the North Shore . ’ |
| 6 | When subjects are interrupted on going to sleep and asked to report any mental activity whatsoever they usually have something to say about what was going on in their minds . |
| 7 | She asked to borrow some shears . |
| 8 | It all started when Sharon moved in to the flat next door to Tony and asked to borrow some coffee . |
| 9 | In September , the Executive asked to meet Bonar Law to discuss the subject , now that Unionists were in government , but Law refused any outside discussion until the cabinet had made up its mind . |
| 10 | The agency asked to hire some transparencies of the 1950s . |
| 11 | Nkrumah Asked to Organise Political Party ( 1947 ) |
| 12 | Five music schools will be contacted and asked to nominate one candidate each who will then be asked to play a short piece to be judged at the festival . |
| 13 | Farmers over another 22,400 hectares , would merely be given advice and asked to use less fertiliser ; there would be no money for them , and no other sanctions ( The Swells , Gloucestershire ; Bircham and Fring , Norfolk ; Sedgeford , Norfolk ; Fowlmere , Cambs ; Far Baulker , Notts ; Dotton and Colaton , Devon ; Cringle Brook , Lincs and Leics ; and Bourne Brook , Warwicks ) . |
| 14 | We were not , however , asked to consider this . |
| 15 | Most of us , asked to name some famous scientists , would think immediately of physicists Newton and Einstein , for example . |
| 16 | Ninety-one per cent of people asked to demonstrate certain movements or activities were content with or indifferent about this aspect while 5% were not happy . |
| 17 | I asked to have one of the family present when I opened the safe but Gerald objects to it being opened at all without their solicitor being present . |
| 18 | Ninety six male patients admitted to four surgical wards for elective repair of inguinal hernias under general anaesthesia were interviewed in hospital on the day before surgery and asked to complete two self evaluation questionnaires : a screen for pre-existing anxiety or depressive states using the hospital anxiety and depression scale ( HADS ) , in which patients were asked to score answers based on how they generally felt over the few weeks before admission , and an assessment of their current state of anxiety ( Spielberger STAI-X1 ) . |
| 19 | Cornwall , asked to bat first by Ian Cockbain , laid the foundations for a decent total by reaching 110–2 in the 32nd over . |
| 20 | The little girl decided to stay with her father but asked to make one final phone call , Teesside crown court heard . |
| 21 | Presented with such explicitly racist material and asked to make intellectual sense of it , most people 's reactions are likely to be anchored to positions in which they have an emotional and material stake . |
| 22 | Players asked to make heavy commitment If things go to plan , Scotland may be in for a bit more travel , as Harry Pincott in Cape Town explains |