Example sentences of "to ask [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |
| 3 | Who 'd like to ask me a question ? |
| 4 | ‘ We would like to ask you a few questions about Andrew Livesey . |
| 5 | And I have to ask you a favour . |
| 6 | ‘ I was going to ask you a small favour , ’ said Mr Chan . |
| 7 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |
| 8 | ‘ My dad promised to ask you a question , but he forgot , and Mom could n't remember . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd like to ask you a few questions , Miss Cassidy ? ’ |
| 10 | I 'm sorry to ask you a question Kempson . |
| 11 | ‘ Miss Fraser , I 'd like to ask you a few questions if I may . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Because if you have , the Company might want to ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I want to ask you a question . |
| 14 | ‘ I meant to ask you a long time ago and I forgot to . |
| 15 | And now I want to ask you a question . |
| 16 | We just want to ask you a few questions and get out . |
| 17 | I 've come to ask you a favour . ’ |
| 18 | The chief purpose of this letter is actually to ask you a favour . |
| 19 | ‘ I wish to ask you a question , and ask it on your allegiance to God , the King and this Order . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Besides , I wish to ask you a big favour . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Constable Aplin and I came here to ask you a few questions about a certain matter . |
| 22 | Now I am going to ask you a simple question and you are going to give me a simple answer . ’ |
| 23 | Okay bu yes now I 'm not arguing that for some depressed people it 's there 's always side effects of some kind , okay , Peter , I wanted to ask you a very personal question . |
| 24 | Now , Emma , listen , I 'm going to ask you a question . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm trying to screw up enough courage to ask you a favour , ’ she muttered , flushing . |
| 26 | ‘ And what I want right now , ’ said Damian , ‘ is to ask you a few personal questions . ’ |
| 27 | Well last time we , last time he came with us , I said there 's one thing I just want to ask you a favour , that 's enough , she 's as happy as harry now she 's faced up to the fact , that er , he was not good because he did n't love her any way , she loved him . |
| 28 | I would like to ask you a slightly different question . |
| 29 | Corbett devoured it hungrily while the gaoler watched impassively but , when Corbett tried to ask him a question , slapped him in the mouth , grabbed the bowl and waddled out of the cell . |
| 30 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |