Example sentences of "to ask [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 2 | ALWAYS call a restaurant first to ask them the price of an average meal . |
| 3 | Oh I , I think one had to consider erm , I , I 'd have to ask them the size of the room , what , what sort of a room it was , er , it was no use getting the fitting which erm was either far too big for the room in it 's , in it 's physical size |
| 4 | I hope she ai n't going to ask me a question — you know , like where summat is , like the ladies or summat , cos to tell the truth I do n't really know my way round here . |
| 5 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |
| 6 | Who 'd like to ask me a question ? |
| 7 | Sir David continues to ask me every couple of hours if I 've done it yet . ’ |
| 8 | " Now perhaps you will be kind enough , Madame Sherman , to ask me no more questions . " |
| 9 | So I was n't bitter when I put myself into the hands of the surgeon and that splendid bank nurse was so thoughtful as to ask me the question . |
| 10 | Chatterton unbent enough to ask me the question . |
| 11 | The thing about the business miles , you were right to ask me the business miles |
| 12 | ‘ We would like to ask you a few questions about Andrew Livesey . |
| 13 | And I have to ask you a favour . |
| 14 | ‘ I was going to ask you a small favour , ’ said Mr Chan . |
| 15 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |
| 16 | ‘ My dad promised to ask you a question , but he forgot , and Mom could n't remember . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd like to ask you a few questions , Miss Cassidy ? ’ |
| 18 | I 'm sorry to ask you a question Kempson . |
| 19 | ‘ Miss Fraser , I 'd like to ask you a few questions if I may . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Because if you have , the Company might want to ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I want to ask you a question . |
| 22 | ‘ I meant to ask you a long time ago and I forgot to . |
| 23 | And now I want to ask you a question . |
| 24 | We just want to ask you a few questions and get out . |
| 25 | I 've come to ask you a favour . ’ |
| 26 | The chief purpose of this letter is actually to ask you a favour . |
| 27 | ‘ I wish to ask you a question , and ask it on your allegiance to God , the King and this Order . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Besides , I wish to ask you a big favour . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Constable Aplin and I came here to ask you a few questions about a certain matter . |
| 30 | Now I am going to ask you a simple question and you are going to give me a simple answer . ’ |