Example sentences of "ask [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My grandchildren in America ask me about how much things used to cost in those days . |
| 2 | ‘ Some people ask me about solos : ‘ How come you do n't play solos ? ’ or whatever . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't tell you much about Liverpool 's players these days but ask me about Uxbridge 's outside-right and I 'll give you a Dimbleby lecture — if you can stay awake long enough , ’ he jokes . |
| 4 | But ask me about Boy George 's first time on the show — looking gorgeous in a dress , with make-up and ribbons through his dreadlock extensions — and I can still remember the fevered speculation about his ambiguous sexuality that gripped my school the next day . |
| 5 | Thinking about cardigans reminded me how many knitters ask me about buttonholes , so I thought a few words about bands and buttonholes might not come amiss . |
| 6 | Mel said to me , ‘ When we do it , ask me about my father . |
| 7 | Knitters often ask me about knitting double jacquard , saying that they do n't like the floats on single-bed Fair Isle fabrics . |
| 8 | They ask me about the research , its aims , methods , etc . |
| 9 | Well this to , to photograph anything , this just happens to be a camera and I suppose that would appeal to a lot of camera collectors to people that I er er who I work with , people I know , friends and that , they know I 'm interested in photography and they always ask me about cameras |
| 10 | They 're always ask me about the horses . " |
| 11 | When people ask me about the deeds of some of our very great airmen , and I go right throughout the war on both sides , there are shining examples brighter than anything in the constellation that come to mind ; I think of Cheshire 's 100 sorties and , no less important , Fraser Barron — a little Kiwi not yet 21 with two DSOs , two DFCs and a DFM — Pathfinder squadron commander , killed with his deputy Master Bomber on one of the interdiction targets before the Invasion , and a host of others , I can think of half-a-hundred , but I have never met anyone — In fact I have never walked in the shadow of anyone — braver than Buster . |
| 12 | Before I do that let me just digress and say one word about books , I 've had a few people ask me about books erm I gather that the distinguished Durham bookshops have sold out of my wonderful book but I gather that lorries are hurtling up motorways with |
| 13 | Mind you , I do n't think they 're married either of them because she comes under the name Miss and well her name 's Estelle and he 's Paul , but she 's known as because I 've had two or three people ask me about her because she , she deals in insurance . |
| 14 | Mrs Mrs rang me up and ask me about the one |
| 15 | And they ask me for hardly any rent , which is the other nice thing about it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You didna ask me for evidence , John , you sought my best judgement , and you have it . |
| 17 | In the beginning they demanded small change , but now they ask me for £2 or £3 every time they see me . |
| 18 | Sometimes the English Catholics write to me and ask me for help , and sometimes I write to them . |
| 19 | When you 've read it come and ask me for the disk and I 'll lend it to you . |
| 20 | From the memo it looks as though you ask me for the form as P.A. to Head of Group . |
| 21 | Often they ask me for requests , and sometimes they will come over and ask about a piece of music I 've just played . |
| 22 | And er anyway he come and ask me for a dance he did he goes , I 'm not much of dancer we did that one you know , what they call it ? |
| 23 | Present Arsenal chairman Denis Hill-Wood says : ‘ If we asked him after a game what he thought of so-and-so 's performance he would say , ‘ Ask me on Monday . ’ |
| 24 | The first thing they ask me on the 1st tee is , ‘ Billy , tell me all about your family . ' ’ |
| 25 | Do n't ask me now , ask me on a rainy day in London . ’ |
| 26 | I 'll do it because they ask me to , but I do n't feel , like , ‘ Oh God , I 'm a big star signing autographs . ’ |
| 27 | Now — because you know Philippe is alive — you ask me to be your wife . ’ |
| 28 | Or ask me to ? ’ |
| 29 | Yeah I mean we did insert actually in the Chairman 's statement a cautionary note about the credit announcement because two years ago we had a similar increase which in fact by the time we got to the end of the year had disappeared so we view it with a lot of caution is the answer if you ask me to be more precise I ca n't because we 've never really had a set of tax increases the like of which we face now any other questions ? |
| 30 | I like you very much , Shelley , but I will come only as far as you ask me to . ’ |