Example sentences of "[vb past] asked [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
2 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
3 | She had asked him about the planet . |
4 | Sorge had asked him on the way out of Washington . |
5 | ‘ How the hell did they get to England ? ’ the Exec Director had asked him on the phone . |
6 | The vicar had asked me in the war to do this and erm I was secretary of that and I used to say er , you know you could only do so much because we was n't like housewives today . |
7 | ‘ You 're sure you like doing this , are n't you ? ’ he had asked her in the darkness . |
8 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |