Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of people ask me if my hair is permed but it 's just naturally thick and curly . |
| 2 | You ask me if I see any changes in the attitudes of young people . |
| 3 | Knitters now ask me if I can do these ballet cardigans with my eyes shut . |
| 4 | I get letters from people who ask me if 14-year-olds are ready to have sex with 20-year-olds , or even if ten-year-olds are ready to have sex with 19-year-olds . |
| 5 | ‘ People ask me if it 's embarrassing to be missing from the Rangers side when England is focused on our big European nights . |
| 6 | If you ask me if I 'll buy , the answer is ‘ probably ’ . ’ |
| 7 | People often ask me if I get tired of exploring little Scotland — ‘ Have n't you seen it all yet ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You ask me if it 's been tough . |
| 9 | Do n't worry and always ask me if there 's something that we did last time and I start ta |
| 10 | Ask me if I did ‘ marbling ’ with kids last week . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't care what they ask me if it helps them find the real killer . |
| 12 | However , Wilkinson insists Leeds can be champions again this season , saying : ‘ People ask me if we are going to win the championship again and I say we are . |
| 13 | There was one lady called ‘ Toss-Off Kate ’ who used to go round the audience and sit beside various isolated gentlemen and ask them if they wanted to be serviced . |
| 14 | Ask them if they are working-class or middle-class , and they tell you ‘ This is our fate , sister , to work , to slave , in Pakistan too some of us had to do the hard , hard work on the fields . |
| 15 | Ask them if they 're having the same problem . ’ |
| 16 | After a concert or disco , if you 've arranged for someone to pick you up and they do n't arrive — speak to the organisers and ask them if you can phone home . |
| 17 | Next , go to see the local planning officer and the building control officer and ask them if they know of anything that might affect the house , and show them your list . |
| 18 | Try to be as enthusiastic as possible ( enthusiasm is catching ! ) and take the names of everyone who came and ask them if they know of any other Christians to invite to the next meeting . |
| 19 | And ask them if they suspect — suspect , not have proof — that Andropulos is engaged in drug-running . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I told him to wear plastic but he said he could n't feel it ’ is reinforced by the line , ‘ ask them if they paid their child support last week ’ . |
| 21 | I 'm er ve very strongly against smoking and if someone comes to my house and asks if they can smoke , I do say no , and I ask them if they wish to smoke if they would go outside . |
| 22 | Oh erm ask them if you can sit in one of those er machines that erm get you out of the bends . |
| 23 | That 's the way you find out if they 've slept with somebody , ask them if they 're on the Pill . |
| 24 | So she 's phoned , and I says , ask them if they 're coming to board up the windows which were boarded when she went in ? |
| 25 | And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks . |
| 26 | Nenna struggled against an impulse to rush into the fish and chip shop at the corner , the only shop in the street , and ask them if they had ever seen somebody coming out of number 42b who looked lonely , or indeed if they had ever seen anyone coming out of it at all . |
| 27 | ‘ Go and ask them what they want , then ask them if they want milk and sugar with it , then ask another one the same , and then come back here and get two cups and the biscuits from me . |
| 28 | If you are n't find an old fashioned TV repair shop and ask them if they 'll make up the leads for you . |
| 29 | She was going to exchange knitting-patterns with the Visitors , and ask them if they would like a hot drink after their 17 million light-year journey to Wimbledon . |
| 30 | And ask them if they can find out who 's doing the animatronics . |