Example sentences of "she asked [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boys queued up to take Gloria out , but avoided Deirdre , in case she asked them to help her muck out while they were waiting for Gloria to get her false eyelashes in the right place . |
| 2 | She asked them why ; they said it was because they had information that the two children had been sexually abused . |
| 3 | She asked them for identification . |
| 4 | She asked them to donate a collection of drawings , watercolours and sketches as well as etchings , lino prints and engravings on metal . |
| 5 | Diana found it a place of ‘ dead energy ’ and grew to despise the smooth evasions and subtle equivocations employed by courtiers , particularly when she asked them directly about her fiancé 's former relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles . |
| 6 | ‘ Why do you hate me ? ’ she asked them , still managing to keep the tears from her eyes . |
| 7 | ‘ What happened ? ’ she asked them . |
| 8 | Two women had come in and she asked them to wait , giving them magazines to look at . |
| 9 | Johnson did not drink her proffered dram , but Boswell and the two guides did , and when she asked them for snuff , her great luxury , they had none , but gave her money instead . |
| 10 | But after her shower she asked them a lot of questions about safety in the factory . |
| 11 | When doctors told her early on January 26 that the baby was seriously ill and was being taken to theatre for an operation , she asked them : ‘ How come you left it so late ? ’ |
| 12 | She asked them about the child and they said they had just found him . |
| 13 | ‘ Do we always have to ? ’ she asked him . |
| 14 | ‘ Who lived here , Don ? ’ she asked him . |
| 15 | ‘ Are you married ? ’ she asked him abruptly . |
| 16 | As a little girl , Agnes used to go for walks with her father , and once she asked him whether he believed in God . |
| 17 | She asked him if he would lift the bicycle over a stile for her , she not having realized there was a stile to be crossed when she had embarked over the fields by herself . |
| 18 | She asked him why he could not leave her alone , in view of what the other man had already done to her , but he turned off the lights and told her to undress . |
| 19 | ‘ How did it happen ? ’ she asked him . |
| 20 | Twice she asked him to stay for a cup of tea , but he refused . |
| 21 | He was trying to imagine Yanto 's face when she asked him . |
| 22 | He became the rejecting father who never helped her , while at the same time she asked him to be mother and take over . |
| 23 | She asked him about his parents , how he became involved in racing . |
| 24 | ‘ Well ? ’ she asked him , when he showed up again that night . |
| 25 | He 'd remember anything if she asked him to . |
| 26 | ‘ What about me ? ’ she asked him . |
| 27 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 28 | ‘ Have you got a girlfriend ? ’ she asked him once . |
| 29 | ‘ How did you know about that ? ’ she asked him when he had reached her side . |
| 30 | ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ she asked him . |